Putting Jesus first
This morning, during my quiet time, I was thinking about how I put the Lord first. My internal dialogue went something like this. Lord, I put You before my husband. I felt the Spirit in agreement. Lord, I put You before family. I felt the Spirit's approval in this, too. Lord, I put You before self. Crickets. That is where the Spirit stopped me short. Not so much agreement there. Oh, Lord. How do I do this? I do not want to put myself before You! Help! I felt the Spirit speaking to my heart: You do this every time you don't trust Me about something or someone. You put your human reasoning first instead of My Omniscience about a person or situation. This, My beloved is nothing but pride. Ouch. The deadliest of all sins. And yet I know the Lord has humbled me through the many years I have known Him - and I let Him humble me. So is pride something we wrestle with as long as we're in this body? And how do we even know we still wrestle with it? I didn't have a c