A HAUGHTY SPIRIT
This spirit differs from pride in that it is highly recognizable. It is on
the surface of ones personality, and usually due to a series of easy successes.
It is very common among the young and immature, who have somehow avoided the
agony of defeat. Modern terms for haughty would be, cocky, show off, arrogant,
and smart aleck. They are usually rude, disrespectful, and demeaning. They have
no real friends and when they fall all either laugh or giggle! Without knowing
it this person is headed for a serious fall. "A
haughty spirit is just before a fall."Proverbs 16:18
A series of falls usually and hopefully will diminish the haughty spirit to
where the advice of others will be accepted.
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However if the haughty spirit is backed up by deep seated pride then the
outcome is much more serious, ending in destruction! Pride will always blame the
fall on others, never seeing the error of their ways. The bigger problem is,
collateral damage. When the destruction happens, many innocent are also taken
down. A prideful commander will take his troops down. A prideful CEO will take
his company down, and a prideful president will take his country down. A head of
household filled with pride, will take his family down. Pride goes before
destruction. Proverbs 16:18
Refusing to take responsibility for the outcome of ones bad choices reveals
fact that pride is present to back up a haughty spirit and destruction is near!
"Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like
little children trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving, you can never enter the
kingdom of heaven at all." Matthew 18:3 AMP
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