Monday, April 28, 2008
Pride!The Deadliest sin,
All of us have it, who in this world can deny it!
Here i am, watching this very sin, eating away at all the things i hold dear to my heart. Nobody wants to give in, everybody thinks they are right, and no one wants to take the fall! In its wake, friendship build over years together breaks into a million pieces in mere seconds. It feels like just hours ago that we were having a bbq together, and the moments we spend lifting each other up stills linger freshly in my memories. Why cant anyone see that is not about which side you take? If we have to pick a side, shouldn't it be God's side? Sometimes, when you are too high up, your visions starts to blur and your breathing becomes heavier; its almost as if when you are up high, you forget about what is down below! I wish things could be as they were before, just a bunch of "Man-ly Men" doing "Male-bonding!" No more issue of 'i'm right and you are wrong' , no more issue of 'I believe in what i believe, you believe in what you believe' standing between anyone. Why is it so hard to let go, to embrace humility? If our path is the right path, is it wrong to be humble and give in to others? Will God then judge you ill-ly by saying, "You have sin for u have chosen to be humble before others?" For if the path we have chosen is really the right path, wouldn't God's blessings be upon you? Who else can be against you if God is for you? At the end of the day, aren't we all commanded to do the same thing??? aren't we all commanded to do "his works?"
So brothers and sisters,
can we just drop the issue of who is right and who is wrong?
can we just drop the issue of this is what i believe and that is what you believe?
can we lower ourself to a point where we can openly admit "i'm wrong?"
can we destroy that towering wall between us that is called pride?
Aren't we called to serve together?
Weren't we called to put our differences aside?
Didn't the same God died for us?
Wasn't our sins nailed to the cross THROUGH the same hands of Jesus?
Wasn't our salvation paid by the same person?
Do not we serve the same God?
I once asked God," How can i change the world? How can i make a difference in the world? Characteristic wise-i'm rotten, talent wise-i've none, experience wise-next to zero, Knowledge wise-no more than an ant!How can i ever do anything? Where should i start?"
And with a reassuring voice, he said,"Start just as how Jesus started; On his knees washing the feet of his Disciples!"
If Jesus, Lord of Lords, King Of Kings,the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, the Son of God, is on his KNEES washing the feet of his disciples, what more us???For we who think we know it all, we who think we are above others, we who think and believe we are right, my question is, are u willing to humble yourself to a point of admitting your pride? are you able to let go of this pride and serve others? I know Jesus did! In fact he did much more than just getting on his knees to wash our feet. For him it wasn't enough, NO! it just wasn't enough, Jesus did much more than to just wash our feet! he took it further.......................he took the FALL for us,once and for all-----------he took it to the cross! If anyone had any pride to lose, shouldnt it be God? He gave up his own son to save us. So how about us? What are we really losing at the end of the day? So my challenge for all of us today is this, "Can we follow in Jesus's footsteps and let go of our pride to serve others?"
Melvin, Looking at the God Side of things.
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