Pride and Humiltiy
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Table of Contents
Foreword (3)
Pride (4)
Humility (5)
Rest (6)
Disobedience (7-8)
Submission (9-10)
Spiritual War (11-12)
Contentment (13-14)
Spirituality (15)
Persecution (16-17)Sicknesses and Diseases (18)
Discipline (19-21)
Conclusion (22)
Note from Author (23)
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Foreword
I am a Christian beginning to realize that God is my loving
Father in heaven as proven by the death of Jesus the Christ,His only Beloved Son.
In the unfolding pages, all negative connotations have been
made in reference to me. I do not speak for or of others.
This is a result of personal experiences and observations. This
is by no means a sermon of any sort nor does it serve to
generalize the Christian experience. I am no Bible teacher orpastor. I am the beloved child of God getting to know (as a
privilege) Him as a loving Father.
If you have been blessed by this e-book, let all the glory and
praise redound to my loving Father in heaven in Jesus Name.
If you find anything amiss, let God judge my heart.
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Pride
God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
[Proverbs 3:34,James 4:6,1 Peter 5:5].
Gods grace is found in His wonderful plans for me. Those
plans are concealed in the circumstances He has allowed in my
life. Hence, when I stop trying to be a smart aleck by insisting
on having things my way, but humbly allow those
circumstances to fully unfold, I find that Gods favours have
been in those same circumstances all the time. I dont try to
interfere mid-way when all odds seem to be against me.
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Humility
Humility is to acknowledge that God knows far more and better
what to do with my life. Acknowledge God in all my ways (i.e.my entire life) and let Him direct and make straight and plain
my paths. [Proverbs 3:6]. Therein I find my rest. And rest finds
grace. [Genesis 6:8].
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Rest
Rest is letting Gods wonderful plans unfold in accordance with
His impeccable timing. I fret not over the reason for thosethings not happening according to my expectations. I just know
that God is working all things (both good and bad) together for
my good. [Romans 8:28]. By doing so, I can come to the place
where I can say, What others meant for evil; God meant it for
my good.[Genesis 50:20].
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Disobedience
It is logically simple. God is not an author of confusion. [1
Corinthians 14:33]. There is nothing fanciful or mysteriousabout it. I resort to spiritual hype when I dont accept Gods
plans in my life.
God says what is happening in my life right now is good for me.
He says, This is good for you. But I say, No God! I dont want
this. I think that is better for me. I want that!
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Then I fast, pray, read Bible and do all kinds of spiritual stuff in
the hope that God will relent. God says, What I have planned
for you to happen in My time is the best for you. [Jeremiah
29:11]. Period.
But I insist. It cannot be! Are You sure or not? Didnt You
promise to give me all things?!? I continue with my
spiritualism only to find myself feeling frustrated and
discouraged.
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Submission
When I submit to His Sovereign loving plans by letting
circumstances take their God-chartered path, I find good thingshappening in and around me! Those things are so important to
me. But I never realized just how important they are to me.
Thank You Father God for showing me!
At the same time, I come to realize that those other things
which once seemed so good for me to have would actually do
me more harm than good. In the day you eat of it, you shall
surely die [Genesis 2:17].
My Father God will never give me things He knows will
eventually harm me. [Matthew 7:11]. He gives me only good
things. I find the meaning of Romans 8:32 here. I have
expected the good things to be whatever I wanted. The things
which look good to have in the natural may not be good for me.
At least not at the time I wanted them.
John 6:60, AMP, This is a hard anddifficult andstrange
saying (an offensive and unbearable message). Who can stand
to hear it? [Who can be expected to listen to such teaching?]
John 6:61, AMP, But Jesus, knowing within Himself that His
disciples were complaining andprotesting andgrumbling about
it, said to them: Is this a stumbling block andan offense to you?[Does this upset and displease and shock and scandalize
you?]
John 6:66, AMP, After this, many of His disciples drew back
(returned to their old associations) and no longer accompanied
Him.
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2 Timothy 4:3-4, AMP
3For the time is coming when [people] will not tolerate (endure)
sound andwholesome instruction, but, having ears itching [for
something pleasing and gratifying], they will gather tothemselves one teacher after another to a considerable number,chosen to satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors theyhold,
4And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off intomyths andman-made fictions.
Being mindful of God love for me preserves me from the
adversary who operates through all sorts of manipulations. [2
Peter 3:16].
Now the serpent was more subtleandcrafty than any living
creature of the field which the Lord God had made.[Genesis
3:1].
The good things that God gives me provide immense
satisfaction. The very same kind of satisfaction that I have been
pursuing through the means I once thought could help me
attain it. It is that kind of satisfaction that gives me contentment.
[1 Timothy 6:6-12]. And contentment gives me peace. Not as
the world gives does Jesus give to me. [John 14:27]. And that
peace gives me rest. In rest I find more grace as I allow God
the full right of way in my life. It starts with a baby step.
Only then will I understand the good and perfect purposes He
had for me from before the foundation of the world. [Romans
12:2]. It is by going through His wonderful plans; not around
them (i.e. bail out). [Luke 22:42]. It entails waiting. But let
patience do its thorough work. [James 1:4].
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Spiritual War
It is during this waiting window that the adversary launches his
full-fledge attacks. The adversary stirs, Can it really be thatGod has said He loves you? [Genesis 3:1]. I say. Yes! The
death of His only Beloved Son as Jesus the Man on the Cross
is the conclusive proof! The devil goes on, Really? Look at
what is happening in your life right now. You call that love? If
He really loves you, you would not be in this mess! [Genesis
3:5]. You must do something about it, the devil adds.
Then the Parable of the Sower comes to my mind. It is a test of
my conviction. It is about how I perceive the integrity of God.
Matthew 13:18-23 AMP
18 Listen then to the [meaning of the] parable of the sower:
19While anyone is hearing the Word of the kingdom and does not
grasp andcomprehend it, the evil one comes and snatches away what
was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the roadside.
20As for what was sown on thin (rocky) soil, this is he who hears theWord and at once welcomes andaccepts it with joy;
21Yet it has no real root in him, but is temporary (inconstant, lasts but a
little while); and when affliction ortrouble or persecution comes onaccount of the Word, at once he is caused to stumble [he is repelledand [j]begins to distrust and desert Him Whom he ought to trust andobey] andhe falls away.
22As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the Word,but the cares of the world and the pleasure anddelight andglamouranddeceitfulness of riches choke andsuffocate theWord, and it yields no fruit.
23As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the Word andgrasps andcomprehends it; he indeed bears fruit and yields in one casea hundred times as much as was sown, in another sixty times as much,
and in another thirty.
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The wilderness temptations of my Lord Jesus Christ spring
forth.
Matthew 4:1-11 AMP
Then Jesus was led (guided) by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness(desert) to be tempted (tested and tried) by the devil.
2And He went without food for forty days and forty nights, and later Hewas hungry.
3And the tempter came and said to Him, If You are Gods Son,command these stones to be made [loaves of] bread.
4 But He replied, It has been written, Man shall not live andbeupheld andsustained by bread alone, but by every word that comesforth from the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil took Him into the holy city and placed Him on a turret(pinnacle, gable) of the temple sanctuary.
6And he said to Him, If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; forit is written, He will give His angels charge over you, and they will bearyou up on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said to him, On the other hand, it is written also, You shall nottempt, test thoroughly, or try exceedingly the Lord your God.
8Again, the devil took Him up on a very high mountain and showed Himall the kingdoms of the world and the glory (the splendor, magnificence,preeminence, and excellence) of them.
9And he said to Him, These things, all taken together, I will give You, ifYou will prostrate Yourself before me and do homage andworship me.
10 Then Jesus said to him, Begone, Satan! For it has been written, Youshall worship the Lord your God, and Him alone shall you serve.
The adverse circumstances highlighted by the adversary inbold, underscore and italics are at best circumstantial evidence.
All that put together cannot stand against the infallible andconcrete proof of Gods love for me; the death of His onlyBeloved Son as Jesus the Man on the Cross.
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Contentment
The Bible advocates contentment.
1 Timothy 6:6, AMP,[And it is, indeed, a source of immense
profit, for] godliness accompanied with contentment (that
contentment which is a sense of inward sufficiency) is
great andabundant gain.
The Apostle Paul learnt how to be contended.Philippians 4:11,
AMP,Not that I am implying that I was in any personal want,
for I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the pointwhere I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I
am.
Philippians 4:7, AMP, And Gods peace [shall be yours,
that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through
Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content
with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace]
which transcends all understanding shall garrison andmount
guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Rest and peace come from being contended with what God has
given me at every station of every stage in my life.
If my KPIs for contentment are the same as those of the world,
then something is amiss. For my Lord Jesus said, You are in
the world but not of the world. [John 15:19, AMP].
My Lord Jesus said in John 14:27 that He has given and
bequeathed to me His peace. He gives not as the world gives.
[John 14:27, AMP].
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And again inRomans 12:2, AMP,Do not be conformed to this
world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external,
superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the
[entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its newattitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the
good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing
which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
I can prove or experience the good, acceptable and perfect
purpose of God for me only when I allow His plans to fully
unfold according to His impeccable timing! Stop throwing
tantrums to get Him to relent.
Is this a hard and difficult message that is too great for me to
bear? [John 6:60, AMP].
John 6:66, AMP, After this, many of His disciples drew back
(returned to their old associations) and no longer accompanied
Him.
Will I fall away when I know that Jesus is not the talisman or
ATM?
1 Timothy 4:1, AMP, But the [Holy] Spirit
distinctly andexpressly declares that in latter times some will
turn away from the faith, giving attention to
deluding andseducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach.
You mean He is not my meal ticket for life? Gosh!
1 Timothy 6:5, AMP, And protracted wrangling andwearing
discussion andperpetual friction among men who are corrupted
in mind and bereft of the truth, who imagine that godliness or
righteousness is a source of profit [a moneymaking business, a
means of livelihood]. From such withdraw.
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Spirituality
If I am motivated to do all the spiritual stuff to get God to give
me what I think is good for me to have, then I am just kickingagainst the goads. It will eventually lead me to fall away or beexploited.
But if I allow Him to do what He alone knows is best for me,then my trust in Him can only grow as I allow His lovingpurposes to shine forth in His appointed time.
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Persecution
Will there be mocking and ridicules, even to the point of being
ostracised? I can bet my last dollar on it. For Gods wisdom isfoolishness to the world. [1 Corinthians 1:18]. And the worldswisdom is foolishness to God:
1 Corinthians 3:19-23
19 For this worlds wisdom is foolishness (absurdity and stupidity)with God, for it is written, He lays hold of the wise in their [own]craftiness;
20And again, The Lord knows the thoughts andreasonings ofthe [humanly] wise andrecognizes how futile they are.
21So let no one exult proudly concerning men [boasting of
having this or that man as a leader], for all things are yours,
22Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas (Peter), or the universe
or life or death, or the immediate andthreatening present or the
[subsequent and uncertain] futureall are yours,23
And you are Christs, and Christ is Gods.Gods blessings come with irritation and duress. [Mark 10:29-
30]. But they add no sorrows. [Proverbs 10:22].
The irritation and duress come from the opinion of others who
do not approve of what is being said and done. This isbecause those things are not in line with they think and feel
should be the case. It is the stand they adopted. I respect
that.
The add no sorrows arises from the quiet assurance that God
has my back covered. When I persevere and experience for
myself the goodness of God in my life, the joy is unspeakable.
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So which is of material importance? It is a no brainer.
God promised that even if my father and mother should desert
me, He shall never forsake me. [Psalm 27:10,Hebrews 13:5].
Hebrews 13:5 is so good that I must list it here:
Let your characterormoral disposition be free from love of
money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly
possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances
and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will
not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you
without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any
degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down
(relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]
So why should I be bothered about having the approval of
others? It insulates me against manipulations of all sorts. It is
Gods plans for my life! God made everyone unique. So His
plans for every individual are correspondingly unique. Toexpect uniformity in His plans for everyone is not even logical,
let alone biblical.
Furthermore, Who shall bring any charge against Gods elect
[when it is] God Who justifies [that is, Who puts us in right
relation to Himself? Who shall come forward and accuse or
impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God, Who acquits
us?][Romans 8:33].
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Sicknesses and Diseases
Does God fulfil His plans through sicknesses, diseases and
infirmities? From personal experience, yes. But those thingsshall pass away.
Once, Jesus was asked:
John 9:1-7
As He passed along, He noticed a man blind from his birth.
2
His disciples asked Him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or hisparents, that he should be born blind?
3 Jesus answered, It was not that this man or his parents sinned,but he was born blind in order that the workings of God shouldbe manifested (displayed and illustrated) in him.
4 We must work the works of Him Who sent Me andbe busywith His business while it is daylight; night is coming on, when
no man can work.5As long as I am in the world, I am the worlds Light.
6 When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made clay(mud) with His saliva, and He spread it [as ointment] on themans eyes.
7And He said to him, Go, wash in the Pool of Siloamwhich
means Sent. So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
What do you yourself say to that? [Mark 8:29].
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Discipline
My loving Father God disciplines me by not giving me what Iwant because He knows better that those things that I want will
do me harm. He is training me to accept that truth.
God loves, not spoils. He is bringing me up as His beloved child,
not spoilt brat!
To be disciplined by God is to learn to surrender my wilfulness
(i.e. insisting on having what I think is good for me to havewhenever I want). I recall Eve thinking to herself that theforbidden tree was desirable to make her wise [Genesis 3:6].
The Fall was preceded by what Eve thought was good forher and Adam to have! Sin was not yet present [Romans5:12,19]. It was wilfulness! What I think is better than whatGod thinks.
Think about that! Repentance!
The Apostle Paul surrendered his wilfulness as evident fromthe thorn in his flesh.
He was given a thorn in his flesh. He pleaded with the Lordthree times that it might depart from him [2 Corinthians 12:8,NKJV].
There are many schools of thoughts on his thorn of flesh. Tome, what it was is not as important as the purpose for which myLord Jesus had given it to him.
The Apostle Paul realized the purpose it served in his life, Andlest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance ofthe revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, amessenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted abovemeasure.[2 Corinthians 12:7, NKJV].
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He humbly accepted Gods arrangements in his life. This is thepunch line!
And what did my Lord Jesus tell Paul, And He said to me,My
grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect inweakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in myinfirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. [2Corinthians 12:9, NKJV].
From these few passage of scriptures, I finally understood whatis meant by God resists the proud, but gives grace to thehumble. [James 4:6,Proverbs 3:34, NKJV].
I am proud when I:1. Insist that God must give me what I want, when I want,
2. Foolishly think I can hold God ransom by repeating His
promises like a broken record without accepting His
Sovereign plans in my life.
I am humble when I accept what He has given me in my life
after several unanswered prayers. Even the Apostle Paul
prayed three times against his thorn.
I am reminded of Gods wonderful promises as testimonies of
His integrity. These testimonies help me to stand my ground
when allowing His plans to come to fruition. [Ephesians 6:13].
I believe I am missing the mark when I imagine I can hold Him
ransom to give in to what I think is good for me.
Galatians 6:7, AMP, Do not be
deceived anddeluded andmisled; God will not allow Himself to
be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere
pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set
aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude
God.] For whatever a man sows, that andthat only is what he
will reap.
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Matthew 11:15, AMP, He who has ears to hear, let him be
listening andlet him considerandperceive andcomprehend by
hearing.
Faith comes from hearing the integrity of God so that I can trust
Him enough to manage my life for me. [Romans 10:17]. God
sent His only Beloved Son to die as Jesus the Man on the
Cross to prove to me that He can be trusted. [Romans 5:8].
I can trust Him because He loved me that much!
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Conclusion
Only my loving Father God knows what is truly best for me.
When life is at my call, I walk really small.
But when my life is at Gods call, I stand mighty tall.
Untitled
Lee Kah Wor
And that motivates me to want to know God more as my loving
Father. As I get to know Him better, I know myself better. [2
Corinthians 3:18]. For I was made in His image. [Genesis
11:26].
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Note from Author
Anyone can interpret the scriptures in favour of an adopted
stand [2 Peter 3:16]. I find that the only constant in the Bible isGods love for me. I find the love of God is beyond any doubt
the crimson thread running through the Bible from cover to
cover. Therefore, I have chosen to read and interpret the Bible
in the greater context of His love for me.
This is my personal conviction. This is how I enjoy my Bible.
This is my stand.When the Lord returns, He will weigh my stand according to my
heart [1 Samuel 16:7].
I am the beloved child of God that Jesus the Christ has made
me to be [2 Corinthians 5:21] in the process of getting to know
Gods love for me.
If you have been blessed by this literature, let all the glory andpraise redound to our loving Father God. If there is anything
you find amiss, let God judge my heart.
If you would like to support the declaration of Gods great love,
you can do soHERE.
This has been brought to you byEnjoying the Bible.
1 Timothy 4:13, AMP, Till I come, devote yourself to [public
and private] reading, to exhortation (preaching and personal
appeals), and to teaching andinstilling doctrine.
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Father God, You are good!
John 16:27, AMP, For the Father Himself [tenderly] loves
you because you have loved Me and have believed that I
came out from the Father.
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