There came a time in king David's life when he had a dream of building a temple to God. It was a noble idea and it would have brought David great acclaim and status. But, God had other plans and through David's advisor Nathan God told king David no.
What do you do when you are told no. Do you get angry and pitch a fit? Do you get sullen and pout? Or do you do what David did which was to shift gears and to keep moving forward?
Telling someone no is a great test of friendship or discipleship. Telling a disciple no can reveal the kind of person he really is, not who he acts like.
Some people are so full of themselves. Everything is about them; what they feel, what they think, their opinions, their agenda. The Bible calls this pride. Pride is something that everyone around you knows you have but you do not see it in yourself. Pride tries to act super spiritual. Pride always plays the God card even when it is inappropriate. Pride thinks that everyone cares about them. Pride tells lies to make themselves look good. Pride wears out it's welcome and begins to look around for new people to engage with or for a new place to join. Pride will leave a church over imagined infractions and does not realize that a change of place does not change you. Pride always comes right before a fall.
Pride thinks that not only are they smarter than those around them, they think that they are smarter than God.
"These six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him. A proud look, a lying tongue." Prov. 6 16-17
Pride can not be told no. It will fight back or pout. It will do anything but repent.
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