Spiritual pride comes to a fall!

Let’s not put our trust on anything else, but on God. Let’s never think that we are exempt from falling. Let’s rather cultivate God-confidence.

No circumstance or test or temptation that comes your way is harder than what others have to face sometimes in their lives. What we need to remember is that God will never let us down. He will never allow us to be pushed beyond our limits and will always be there to help us when we are at risk to fall.

Paul says (1 Cor 10:12) "So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!"

Paul is not thinking of a man falling on a slippery surface. Paul is thinking of a man slipping and falling on temptation. He thinks of a Christian who is spiritually over-confident and self-assured. He is thinking of a Christian who believes he or she is so strong in the faith in Christ that temptation can come knocking, but the door will not be opened.

The church in Corinth struggled with spiritual pride. They boasted about all the gifts of the Spirit in their church. They were proud of all the prophecy, speaking in tongues and miraculous healings that took place amongst them. They were sure that they would not fall. They believed that “spiritual people” cannot fall. Yet they did fall into sin. Some of them committed the most terrible immoralities and abominations. And most of them fell for the temptation to become spiritually boastful and proud!

Let’s remember what God does not promise to do. God does not promise to remove temptation. That's simply not the way things are. God's desire for us is that we should be able to endure, to bear, to say no to temptation.

God's desire is that we remain standing in spite of temptation. And that we can remain standing, because ( 1Cor 10: 13) “God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”