It is an interesting fact of life that those who need to be prepared most are often the least prepared, Such is the case here, for the proud need to prepare for the judgement of God, and yet in their pride, they continue on until the destruction overtakes them.

Thankfully, the destruction that overtakes the proud is, in my mind, incremental through life, providing opportunities to humble the self before God prior to the ultimate destruction.

Yet Solomon goes a bit further and defines the proud as one with a haughty spirit. To be haughty may speak of loftiness, height or above. We all recognize a haughty spirit, (except in ourselves!), a spirit that appears to sense their own importance, their own priority over others. Those that look down their nose on others!

This spirit of haughtiness naturally results in a stumbling, a fall from a high position. Many things are the cause of falling from a high position, but for the sake of our time this morning, let us remember that a spirit of haughtiness will bring us down. No one can maintain a lie, thinking higher of himself than truth allows, and the lie will expose itself and the stumbling will begin.

Follow after the One who, though has maintained His ultimate height, or loftiness, has also described Himself as meek and lowly of heart.

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