6月27日
标 题：高傲必使你卑下
经节：人的高傲必使他卑下；心里谦逊的，必得尊荣。（箴言廿九章23节）
骄傲是基督徒最大的敌人。骄傲是高看自己，它会使你明知故犯，做一些不像基督的行为，也会阻止你去做一些荣耀神的事。骄傲使得亚当与夏娃想要和神一样（创世记三：5），骄傲促使该隐谋杀自己的弟弟（创世记四：5），骄傲激怒约瑟的哥哥们，把他卖了作奴隶（创世记卅七：8），骄傲使扫罗王极为憎恶大卫，甚至要谋杀他（撒母耳记上十八：8），骄傲使希西家王愚蠢地向敌人展现自己国家的财富（以赛亚书卅九：2），骄傲是法利赛人敌视耶稣的根源，骄傲也是门徒争议天国地位的原因（路加福音九：46）。
骄傲是你无情的敌人。倘若屈服于它的影响力，你自然得承受骄傲的后果。你可能知道自己冒犯某人，然而，骄傲使你不愿开口要求饶恕。你可能知道自己必须修复破裂的人际关系，但是骄傲使你否认这个需要。圣灵可能光照你正生活于罪恶之中，骄傲却使你不愿意承认自己的问题。骄傲会使你确信自己应受更好的待遇。骄傲会阻碍你服事他人。骄傲会让你努力出人头地。骄傲会使你喜欢人的恭维及忽视诚实的建议。骄傲会使你孤立自己、为人不可靠。
相对地，谦卑会讨神的欢喜，使你的生活得到神的称许。如果骄傲已经慢慢侵入你生命的某些部分，赶紧在它夺取神在你身上的旨意之前，求神让你克服它。
Pride Brings You Down
A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor. (Proverbs 29:23)
Pride is the great enemy of the Christian. Pride is an overly high opinion of yourself. It motivates you to do things that you know are not Christlike, and it hinders you from doing what brings glory to God. Pride influenced Adam and Eve to try to become like God (Gen. 3:5). Pride motivated Cain to murder his brother (Gen. 4:5). Pride provoked Joseph’s brothers to sell him into slavery (Gen. 37:8). Pride caused King Saul to resent David so deeply that he tried to murder him (1 Sam. 18:8). Pride led King Hezekiah to foolishly reveal his nation’s wealth to his enemies (Isa. 39:2). Pride was at the root of the Pharisees’ anger toward Jesus. Pride was the reason the disciples argued over rank in the kingdom (Luke 9:46).
Pride is your relentless enemy. If you succumb to its influence, there will be consequences. You may know that you have offended someone, but pride holds you back from asking forgiveness. You may realize you need to reconcile a broken relationship, but pride will lead you to deny that need. The Spirit may convict you that you are living a sinful lifestyle, but pride will discourage your admitting it. Pride will convince you that you deserve better treatment. Pride will impede your serving others. Instead, pride will have you striving for places of prominence. Pride will have you listen to flatterers and ignore honest counselors. Pride will lead you to isolate yourself so that you are not accountable to others.
Humility, on the other hand, is pleasing to God and places your life in a position where God will honor you. If pride has crept into some areas of your life, ask God to give you victory over it before it robs you of God’s will for you.
