Encountered my first bump on the road today… one that revolves around the issue of pride.
It is interesting at times when due to zeal, one would end up running so fast ahead of the group that it would take another to tell you to slow down, often not too subtly- such was the case for me; for even the most pure of intention, the most innocent of zeal, when left on it’s own, would soon turn to darkness, to self gratification, self worth that leads to self destruction…
Irony never tasted so vivid, for it was only not so long ago that an exposition on the first 4 of the 10 laws was done; the 2nd of which was to not create any idol. Isaiah 44:9-20 then spoke extensively on this topic, citing the irony of how man would use the same material to make the fire to cook his meals to also craft into idols. Ultimately, it is not the god of the air that they worship, but the hands of their own. Such is the world and it’s spirit, for as long as man does not recognize the creator God, anything goes. Chesterton could never have voiced it better when he said,” there are multiple angles with which one can fall, but only one in which he can stand.”
There can only be one God, and surely it can never be man, for man in his depravity corrupts everything he touches, just like King Midas, whose touch turned all to gold. Such is the nature of us humans, for even the most precious of objects, most noble of items, when handled by us and us alone, soon turns to something hateful, a perversion of what has been intended by the creator…
Who then can save us from such a fate?
Thanks be to the creator God, who sent His begotten one, to be a propitiation for us, to bear our depravity and reconcile us with Him.
