Today in our Inspired Leadership Minute I want us to look at Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
Pride was Satan’ sin. He attempted to elevate himself above God and the result was he was cast out of heaven. Satan made a prideful appeal to Eve saying she would be like God knowing good and evil. Satan made a prideful appeal to Jesus when he suggested Jesus test God to see if God would send angels to protect Him. Satan still tempts man through appeals to their pride.
What is the lesson for us as leaders today?
Proverbs 16:5 says a prideful heart is detestable to the Lord and will not go unpunished. We are being prideful when we elevate ourselves and our accomplishments over others. We are being haughty when we look with disdain on others. This is the exact opposite of how the Lord has commanded us to behave when He said we should love others as ourselves.
Godly leaders are not prideful or haughty. A Godly leader fulfills Jesus’ commandment to love the Lord with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love others as ourselves.
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