‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your mind and with all your soul.’ Matthew 22:37.
Many of the ills and troubles or this world can be put down to pride. Our God is a jealous God, He requires to have first place in our hearts. He will not share His sovereignty with others. Anything we love more than God is idolatry. Without Him we can do nothing, we are nothing. With Him in control of our lives we can achieve all that He has planned for us.
Various dictators in this world think they have no need of a god and will not move over to let Him have His rightful place. During history dictators have come and then gone, God goes on for ever. I’ve just been reading the life of The Heavenly Man who along with many others was terribly persecuted in China. Their sufferings are almost unbelievable. In China the power of communism had to be supreme. The claim that God is the only way is a threat to their power.
Before we shake our head in dismay, think of our own situations. Do we know of churches where the worship leader thinks he is more important than the preacher? Are there leaders who lord it over others? Is there sibling rivalry in our own families? ‘I’m more important than he is.’ Jesus showed the glory of true humility. He has rightly been called the Servant King.