There’s a story in the Bible about a pompous man who attended a wedding and when he arrived at the big tent he took a seat up front. A few minutes later someone more important than him arrived and they asked him to move from his prominent seat and take one in the back. How embarrassing. The Bible says that those who are humble will be exalted but those who exalt themselves will be humbled.
In those times when Christ talked about how we should live our lives being arrogant wasn’t one of the characteristics he mentioned, just the opposite. There’s not a problem with being confident which is basically being self-assured because that’s a characteristic of someone who is successful but arrogance is revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities. One of the key words here is “revealing” which is also known as bragging.
So the bottom line is we’re called to be humble not arrogant. People don’t like being around arrogant people and how can we make a positive difference in this world if people don’t want to be around us?
In those times when Christ talked about how we should live our lives being arrogant wasn’t one of the characteristics he mentioned, just the opposite. There’s not a problem with being confident which is basically being self-assured because that’s a characteristic of someone who is successful but arrogance is revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities. One of the key words here is “revealing” which is also known as bragging.
So the bottom line is we’re called to be humble not arrogant. People don’t like being around arrogant people and how can we make a positive difference in this world if people don’t want to be around us?
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