Proverbs 28
There’s a fine line between confidence and pride. Confidence gives a man what he needs to achieve his goals, but pride makes him blind to the pitfalls in life. Confidence helps a man find solutions, but pride lets him see only himself. Confidence breaks down barriers, but pride builds them up. Pr. 28:26 sums up this concept when it says “He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.” With so many obstacles in life, do we really need to keep building more for ourselves?
Read Pr. 28:1-28 and look for new insights… or take a closer look at some of the old issues that keep tripping you up. Got anything to share today? Leave a comment.
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I subscribe to several daily devotionals from Blue Letter Bible (www.blueletterbible.org) and they are delivered directly to my e-mail. When I wrote about confidence and pride for today’s post, I did not realize that the “Day By Day By Grace” devotional for today was a similar topic. If you find yourself challenged or just interested in this topic of balancing confidence and pride, check out the devotion called “The Crucial Choice: Truth or Spirit.” It’s a good read that takes you deeper into the topic.
The direct link (if it posts correctly here) is http://www.blueletterbible.org/devotionals/dbdbg/view.cfm or you can get to it from the Blue Letter Bible home page.