09/05/2026
Pride is dangerous because it rarely announces itself.
Sometimes, pride wears the language of humility; sometimes, it carries a Bible. Sometimes, it stands behind a pulpit, serves in ministry, sings in worship, or knows Scripture by heart.
We can know the Word and still resist correction, we can serve God and still secretly desire applause; we can talk about surrender while insisting on having our own way. We can say, “All glory belongs to God,” while quietly asking, “Did they notice what I did?”
And perhaps the most frightening kind of pride is the pride we cannot see in ourselves.
That is why Teshuvah must reach deeper than our outward behavior. It must reach the hidden chambers of the heart. “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” in James 4:6
Lord, search me...
Expose the places where I have become more impressed with myself than broken before You, expose the need to be praised, recognized, affirmed, and celebrated, expose the moments when I would rather be right than repent, expose every place where I have made ministry about me instead of You.
Because pride does not merely make us look higher than others...it makes us forget how desperately we need grace.
The King is in the field, and He is not asking us to pretend we have it all together. He is inviting us to come low.
To kneel again, listen again, repent again. To surrender again...
To pray: “Lord, break the pride I cannot see. Make me small enough for Your glory to become great in my life.”
May this Teshuvah bring us to the place where we no longer need to be seen... because Jesus is enough to be seen.
Less of me, or yet better, none of me, more of Him.
Less applause, or yet better, no applause, more obedience.
Less self, or yet better, none self, more surrender.
...Today, let us return to the King...not with a heart trying to prove itself, but with a heart humble enough to say: “Search me, Lord. Correct me. Break me. Empty me. And make my life a vessel where Your glory can rest.” ❤️‍🔥
