Pride

We are called to be prideful, just not prideful of ourselves. We are called to have pride in our God, in His work in our lives, and in the person we are through Him. Our pride becomes sinful when we make it about us. When we become prideful of our accomplishments. However we cannot have humility without pride. We cannot lay down our pride to be humble, if we are proud of nothing. Jesus knew He was God. His pride was really confidence in His heavenly father. He knew He was the king of kings, Lord of lords, alpha and omega; but even with the knowledge of who He was He still laid His pride down and was humbled to death on the cross. His example represents humility in its purest state. We are called to find pride in ourselves through Christ. This is the very same pride we are then called to lay down in order to be the humble servant that Jesus modeled for us in the Word. If Jesus is not in it, pride is a sin and so is humility.