Today's Scripture
arrogance: Ezekiel 28:1-10
TODAY’S READING SCHEDULE: Ezekiel 28-31 (CEB)
The Lord’s word came to me: 2 Human one, say to the prince of Tyre, The Lord God proclaims: In your arrogance, you say, “I am God, and as God I rule the seas!” Though you claim to have the mind of a god, you are mortal, not divine. 3 You are certainly wiser than Daniel; no secrets are hidden from you. 4 By your wisdom and discernment, you made yourself rich, and you filled your storehouses with silver and gold. 5 Through your shrewd trading you multiplied your riches. But then you became proud of your riches.
6 So now the Lord God proclaims: Because you claim to have the mind of a god, 7 I’ll bring foreigners, the most ruthless nations, against you. They will let loose their swords against your fine wisdom, and they will degrade your splendor. 8 They will hurl you to destruction, and you will die, murdered, on the high seas. 9 When you face your murderers, will you still say, “I’m God”? In your killers’ hands, you are mortal, not divine. 10 You will die as the uncircumcised do, at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken. This is what the Lord God has said.
What does this passage mean to me/us
There is a common theme in the Bible where God asks us to follow God’s will in obedience.
That shows why God despise arrogance. If we are arrogant and prideful we become far away from being obedient and humble.
The Prince of Tyre certainly had wisdom. God even says that his wisdom surpassed Daniel’s wisdom.
Price of Tyre accomplished many things, in the world, with his wisdom. We see God describing this by saying, “Through your shrewd trading you multiplied your riches. But then you became proud of your riches” (v. 5). Surely, this was not God in God’s eyes.
Proverbs warn us from being arrogant.
“Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.” Proverbs 16:5 ESV
With arrogance, we will not be able to fully follow God.
Prayer
Lord, create in us a clean heart to follow you humbly. Cast away all arrogance in our hearts and lives. We pray in Christ name, AMEN.
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