Don't Let It Kill You

Isaiah 28:1-4




"Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!
² Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,
Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,
Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing,
Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand.
³ The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
Will be trampled underfoot;
⁴ And the glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the verdant valley,
Like the first fruit before the summer,
Which an observer sees;
He eats it up while it is still in his hand."


Pride and arrogance, if we don't watch out, it's going to take us out.  I see it on Skid Row, all the way to restaurant row, Beverly Hills and beyond.  The devil is taking us on one ride, when we use these deadly fruits, to get by and coexist.  Father God, Who runs this world, looks at these spirits as an force keeping Him out, and from His word resting righteously on our spirits.  We can't go on deceiving ourselves and believing these spirits are a protection or a way to fit in.  These spirits guide us into thinking and believing, if we do it this way or that way, or take this highway instead of the opposite highway, it will lead us into our destiny's, it won't.  God said, before the beginning of the world, He knew us, and put a dream inside of us, before He birth us.  There's no way of getting around Father God's dream for us and His world.  We are not allowed to steal or sabotage someone's dream, nor, are we allowed to steal His.  We must embrace God's words as loving children, and believe His plan supersedes ours.  This is DAD, who asks, that His children obey, that there might be peace and happiness on His earth.  Pride and arrogance, are demonic spirits, that are driving us to drink heavily, smoke,  do drugs and have sex beyond consumption.  God says, do everything in moderation.  We don't have that authority, to place authority over and against, God's law.  However, we do have the authority to set laws and guidelines, to give precedence and glorification to God's word, that we might all stay in line as His children.  The enemy has us so separated from one another, and God, that it is only by the Lord's grace that we breathe.  God is very skillful, and has an troop of enforcements to establish righteousness and justice in our hearts, or we die in vain by not receiving it.  The bible says, it is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.  Let faith in God build your world, remove pride and arrogance far away, don't let it kill you. 


(Proverbs 16:18)  "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."  


(Leviticus 26:19)  "I will break the pride of your power, I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze."


Blessings to all who exchange their pride and arrogance for joy in our Lord,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.