THE SUGAR OF PRIDE. (updated )
Pride is like
sugar in your spiritual fuel tank - It clogs you up inside - Clogs up your heart.
If you put sugar
into a fuel tank - The sugar dissolved
in the fuel slowly clogs up the engine as it uses this contaminated fuel until
suddenly the engine breaks down - The
driver did not know that an enemy had put sugar in his fuel tank.
Pride does the
same to us in the spirit
- You may not know that pride has got into your heart until you
fall.
Watch your hearts - Watch the
enemy does not put the sugar of pride in your fuel tank.
The only way to
stop this is to stay humble before the Lord.
Stay pure - Keep your fuel
pure - Keep your hearts pure.
For pride comes
before a fall -
The Lord opposes the proud - But the humble he lifts up.
Repent - Submit yourselves to God - Then resist the devil and he will flee from
you - For it was through pride that the
devil fell from heaven.
Watch your hearts
when the Lord is using you
- Give all the Glory to the Lord.
Watch for the fear
and favor of man is like a snare - Is like sugar to your hearts.
Fear God For the
fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.
Also sugar rots
your teeth Which makes your breath smell.
So when you speak
Those around you soon know about it.
The sugar of pride
makes you stink before God Even thought it is sweet tasting to you.
Sugar is used to sweeten
that which tastes bad So that you eat what you would of
rejected Eat bad things For sugar makes you fat Lazy and gives you heart
disease.
It tastes nice in
your mouth -
But rots your insides So you may not see the damage until its to late For
by then you would have had a heart attack and died.
Many promising
ministries and lives have been destroyed in this way as agendas Boasting - Lording it
over others Thinking we have a superior revelation which entitles or places
us above others.
When this happens
we do not have Gods true love But only the love of self.
The sad thing
about this is that person does not know this.
For
just as we have to watch our natural hearts The same also applies to our
spiritual hearts.
Let us repent of
our pride Let us humble ourselves before God For God resists the proud - But
gives grace to the humble.
Humble yourselves
under Gods Mighty Hand, That he may lift you up in due time.
Therefore, prepare
your minds for action;
Be self-controlled; Set you hope fully on the grace to be given
you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
As obedient
children, Do not conform to the evil desires you had
when you lived in ignorance.
But just as he who
called you is Holy, So be Holy in all you do; For it is written; Be Holy, because I
AM Holy.
Now that you have
purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your
brothers, Love
one another deeply, From the heart.
For you have been
born again, Not of perishable seed, But of
imperishable, Through the living and enduring word of God.
For, all men are
like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; The grass withers
and the flowers fall, But the word of
the Lord stands for ever.
And this is the Word
that was preached to you.
Therefore rid
yourselves of all malice and all deceit, Hypocrisy, Envy, And slander of every
kind.
Like newborn
babies, Crave
pure spiritual milk, So that by it you may
grow up in your salvation, Now that you
have tasted that the Lord is Good.
(
1 Peter 5 v 6 - 1 Peter 1 v 13 15 - 1 Peter 1 v 22 25 1 Peter 2 v 1 -3. )
Let us not stink because
of the sugar of pride But let our lives be as a sweet
smelling incense rising up before the Lord.
Remember God
resists the proud But gives grace to the humble.
Stay pure - Watch your
hearts - Dont get clogged up with the
sugar of pride.
Keep your fuel
pure Keep your hearts clean.
Dave 11th
September 2002.
Living
waters fellowship,
Wellspring prophetic ministries,
www.davehowe.co.uk.