Pride

A prison some of you that are reading this know what that means; a bed a toilet and a small space wrapped in bars oh there is much more but you get the idea; you’re confined. Prison doesn’t just take way your freedom it also takes away your joy. There are many that imprisoned themselves; no not in a prison cell with bars but it’s just as bad if not worse it’s called the prison of pride. What does the book of Proverbs have to say about “pride?”

Proverbs 8:13  The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 11:2  When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

Proverbs 13:10  Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

Proverbs 14:3  In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Proverbs 16:18  Pride goeth before destruction, (disaster)  and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 29:23  A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

The prison of pride fills the self made men and women who are determined to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. It doesn’t matter what they did or to whom they did it to the only thing that matters is I did it may way. It could be the alcoholic who won’t admit their drinking or drug problems. It could be the person who refuses to talk to anyone about their fears or the person who rejects help when their dreams are falling apart.  The prison of Pride there is nothing wrong with me that a little relaxation want fix. Did you get that “nothing wrong?” The Bible says  

1John 1:9  If we confess our sins, Do what, admit that we need help, we were wrong, admit failure that is the voice of  one poisoned by pride; well I may not be perfect but I’m much better than Machine Gun Kelly, you more than likely are but which is worse having a small about of growing cancer or being fully engulfed? With either you’re a dead person. Me a sinner? Well I may get rowdy every once and a while but outside of that I‘m a good o’ boy I even coach a Little League team. Why I make donations to the Red Cross and when I see the fireman and police at the intersection I always give them a dollar or two; now everybody doesn’t do that you know., So it Justification, rationalization and comparison sound good except they belong to the prison of pride. “Look what I’ve done!” Well if we confess our sins, say we’re wrong we need help would that be the key to the prison door? What do you think? 1John 1:9  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.