KILLER ON THE PROWL!

There's a killer on the prowl!
And it springs up everytime 'n' everywhere
It's more deadly than the Egyptian plagues
It can put you on  the wrong side of God
Is it a devil?
Or a demon?
A monster?
A beast?
Ha ha ha ha ha!
It is all of this and more put together!
My dear friends, it is......................................................... PRIDE!
   And it is lurking everywhere waiting to feed on our souls and lead to our own 'Luciferic' fall. I do not write as one who is not plagued by this disease. It is in fact, my biggest weakness.
Especially when it comes to 'the faith'! Pride is what prevents us from attaining higher levels of glory; we begin to think we have arrived after we have felt the Spirit move or after we;ve encountered a measure of God's glory. I say a measure because only God knows how big-headed we'll become if HE releases HIS glory to us in large doses. We experience only the small doses and then we begin to trust in our own ways instead of looking at HIM. (Read proverbs 3:5-6) We begin to think we are so spirituaaaaaaaaaaaal!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know the feelings very well because i'm one of the 'we'! But hey, we can wage a war against this killer before it kills us all. Remember, God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble'. If we remember the story of Michal, Solomon's daughter and David's wife who because of pride, did not bear children all her life or Queen Vashti who was deposed or Nebuchadnezzar who was sentenced to live like an animal or King Saul who was deposed too.................................................
Then next time we get on our knees, we'd all ask him in truth for the MANTLE OF HUMILITY!