A thought by
Larry Osborne, (2009-04-04) from his book, Accidental Pharisees: Avoiding Pride, Exclusivity, and the Other Dangers of Overzealous Faith
(Kindle Locations 416-417). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click
on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book)
Larry goes
on, “We don’t always know the full story. All we see is the outside. There’s no
way to see the heart. This means that a lot of our conclusions about people are
flat-out wrong.”
He then
says, “Our spiritual comparisons are also incredibly biased. We have an amazing
ability to compare things in a way that causes us to come out on top. And when we
come out on top, it’s hard not to look down on people who don’t measure up.
It’s at this point that pride becomes particularly dangerous.”
And there is
the key word, the one that is the problem.
The word is pride.
He then says
something that is so important, “Unfortunately, many of us fail to grasp how
dangerous pride is. We know that we shouldn’t look down on others, but we tend
to see it as a small sin. It’s not the kind of thing you go to prison for; it
falls somewhere between failing to floss and driving too fast. It’s something
to work on. But no big deal. Even if we admit to periodic bouts with pride,
what most of us mean is, ‘It’s tough staying humble when I’m so much better
than everyone else.’”
The problem
is in our comparison of how we view this and how God sees it. Larry says, “There are a lot of things that
can anger God. Few people would guess that looking down on others would be at
the top of the list. Yet it is.”
Let’s humble
ourselves and take on God's view. Let’s
look up to Him and not look down on others.
Don’t you
think that would be good thing to do?
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