Boasting will Lead to Your Fall

Verses: Daniel 4 : 1 - 37

My thoughts about the verses:

How many times in our lives do we let pride come between us and following God’s will?  We often feel that what we are called to do is below us.  We feel as if we can do our own thing with our asking God for guidance.  We boast of our accomplishments. 

Yet, what happens when we do this?  We come to a point in our life that we realize that we have no choice but listen to God.  God will let us do our own thing, but eventually we will see that we are being foolish.  We will see that our way of living is actually leading us down a slippery slide into the depths of destruction.

Pride, boasting, is not the same as pride in who you are.  I am proud to be a Christian.  I am proud to be a woman.  I am proud of being a Lesbian.  I am proud of being an aunt and a partner.

Pride is thinking that you have ultimate control of how things turn out.  You boast over how you have climbed the corporate ladder.  You boast about your big fancy house.  You act as if you do not need anything in your life because you make things happen on your own.

Pride and boasting will have a way of making you turn away from God.  You don’t think you need God to help you achieve things.  You put your desires above serving God.  You depend less on your faith because you feel that you have the power inside you to overcome what you face without God.

This is where Nebuchadnezzar was in his life.  He had multiple times to accept the True Sovereign God.  He had on several situations give recognitions to God as a true God.  Yet, he still felt that he did not God in his own life.  He felt that he had done everything on his own.  He felt that he was equal to God because of the power of his kingdom.

God knocked him to his knees.  God pushed him to accept that he needed to accept God as the true sovereign King.  Yet, it wasn’t an easy road for Nebuchadnezzar.  He had to undergo a long period of madness.  He was made humble by the true King of the world.

Nebuchadnezzar accepted God in his life.  God showed the power that comes from disobeying the Holy One.  He learned that boasting that he more powerful than God was wrong.  He learned that he needed God in his life to truly be a Righteous King. 

How many times in our life have we thought that I do not need God to get through the situation that I am in?  In fact, I can get along just as good with or without the help of God.  I have accomplished great things on my own and God wasn’t there when I did it.

How many of us go out into the world boasting of our achievements.  We then come to this moment that God humbles us.  We find that without God we cannot do anything.  We are led to accept the Holy One in our life.   How many of us have turned to Christianity because of the broken condition that we felt at one time in our life?  We realize that without God we truly do not have the power or strength to go through life on our own.

How many Christians have boasted of their great accomplishments without giving glory to God?  How many of us have been knocked to our knees because we of our lack of humbleness?  We as Christians need to worship God with all of our heart.  Instead of  walking through life boasting of what we have done; we need to walk through life thanking God for all that had been done for us.

Prayer:

We praise God for all that you have done in our life.  Thank you for loving us.  We praise you for your gift of salvation.  Help us remember that we need you in our life.  Help us never turn away from you.  In the name, of the Holy One we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you accepted God in your life?  Have you boasted on what you have done without the help of God?  Do you need to accept Jesus in your life today?  Is today the day that you praise God for the gifts that have been given to you?  Do you need to ask God to forgive you for the times that you have boasted about what you have achieved without praising God?  What do you need to do today to grow closer to the Holy One?