James 4:6 ‘But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.’

DAILY READING; Hebrews 6:13-20; Exodus 1:1-2:25; Psalm 40

In the spring of 1912 the world stood in awe. A colossus was setting out on her maiden voyage. This ship was supposedly a marvel of modern engineering.
The Titanic had taken nearly 12,000 men more than two years to construct.
It was one of the fastest ships of that day. Not only was Titanic the largest man-made moving object in the world, it was also the most luxurious ship the world had ever known. It was a floating palace loaded with fine amenities; a five-star hotel on the sea. Never before had anyone seen anything like it.
Its first-class accommodations rivaled the finest hotels on shore.
Besides its other great features, it had 16 compartments that were presumed to be watertight, in fact, four of these compartments could be filled with water and yet the ship would not sink.
The cost for a one-way passage in the finest suites would equate to about $100,000 in today’s money.
On its maiden voyage, the docks were packed with admirers who came to watch this floating palace steam out to sea.
The press proclaimed that the impossible had been done with the building of this unsinkable ship.
But it’s first voyage was doomed by pride.
When one of the inventors of the ship named Edward John Smith was asked about the ship’s capability, he was quoted as saying “Not even God himself could sink this ship.’
The arrogant shipbuilders were so sure that they had built a megaship that as a result, they didn’t think it necessary to provide enough lifeboats.
Some forty-eight hours later, in the night between 14th April and 15th April 1912, the Titanic grazed the side of an iceberg. It was so slight that most passengers hardly felt it. Yet it tore a three-hundred-foot-long gash in the hull. Within three hours the “unsinkable” Titanic sank four hundred miles south of Newfoundland. This horrible disaster went down as one of the greatest in history, and over 1500 people sank to death on that day. Because the ship was believed to be unsinkable and enough life jackets were not onboard, many people died needlessly.

Pride makes men arrogant and behave as if they do not need God.
Pride is the undoing of many great destinies. Pride drove King Nebuchadnezzar from being a king to becoming a beast that ate grass for seven years in the wild (Daniel 4:14-16).

One of the major problems in society today is a lack of the fear of God. However, the fear of God is so important, that there are at least 144 references to fearing God in the Bible.
Unfortunately, many people think that they can ignore God and achieve their own goals. But that is dangerous, because just like the Titanic with all the right components, they could suddenly ‘sink’ unexpectedly.
We must understand that our achievement does not lie in our strength, hard work, or mental smartness. God is the Doer of every good thing in our lives.

Psalm 127 says, ‘except the Lord watches over the city the watchmen watcheth but in vain.’

In our endeavors, it is important that we walk in the fear of God and always acknowledge His hand in our lives, because our plans and projections can crash if Christ is not our anchor.
It is indeed dangerous for anyone to think they can make it in life without God, because by strength shall no man prevail.
James 4:6 says: …God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
When God resists a man it means he will lack grace in his endeavors and surely end in disgrace.
It is only by God’s grace that we exist. It is by His favor that we make progress in life.
Psalm 44:3 says ‘For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.’

For every little progress we see in our lives, all the glory must go to God.
However we can only walk in fear and reverence of God when we continually come to His Word. The more we know God through His Word, the more of His fear we will walk in.

Today, let us make the choice to continually celebrate God’s hand in all our affairs., because everything we are we owe to God; everything we have comes from Him.
Certainly, the more we fear Him and humble ourselves under His mighty hand, the more He will exalt us to great and unimaginable heights..

PRAYER: Lord, I ask for the grace to grow in my fear and reverence of You and to always walk in line with Your Word. As I do, I thank You for unfolding the good and grand plan You have ordained for me in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
There is something that God has placed within you that the world is eagerly awaiting to see.– WORDBITE 222.