Date: October 14, 2024

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, power, and dominion forever and ever, and to the Holy Ghost, who continues to dwell within us, guiding our steps.  This month’s messages delve into Humility: “Pride Gets in the Way of Humility and Teachability.”

Saints, pride usually gets in the way of us failing to listen to God’s wisdom, and to being teachable. There is a good pride (proud of our country), a negative pride (arrogance, puffed up on ourselves) and a more subtle pride (pride of self-sufficiency). Many are guilty of having the prideful attitude of being independent and self-sufficient. But the wisdom of Proverbs reminds us that pride of any kind eventually leads to our downfall. Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” “Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility” (Proverbs 18:12).

Brothers and Sisters, pride will eventually bring us down because we fail to seek the God who knows everything and His wisdom, we will eventually make a bad choice.  Hence, we will not be following God’s will, because God only reveals His will to those who seek it. Therefore, it is the humble who are honored before God, who grow in wisdom because they realize they don’t have all the answers, and they intentionally seek God’s wisdom. They are the teachable and God honors that.  Second Chronicles 7:14 tells us about God’s promise that when we humble ourselves, pray, and seek His face, turn form our wicked ways, then God will forgive our sin and heal the land.

In closing, healing doesn’t come without humility and seeking God’s face. Next week, let us shift gears and delve into the habits of the humble and teachable, according to the book of Proverbs.

Remember in all that we are confronted with daily, “…with God, all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). 

In His Service,

Bishop Dr. Calvin Worthem

General Chief Overseer/Senior Bishop