Ain’t Too Proud

“Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.” Proverbs 13:10 NIV

Education is always changing. Anyone going into education for the first time needs to grab this and understand it, or the time spent in the classroom will not be fun at all. I remember a time when I was teaching that the principal changed the way we were to do lessons in our classrooms. I was not a fan of the new way and I resisted hard. I felt that my way worked and if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Well my principal did not subscribe to that motto, or to insubordinate teachers. Needless to say, I eventually adopted the new way and actually become a big fan of it.

My problem in that situation was pride. I felt that I knew more than my superior and no one could tell me different. The Bible talks alot about pride and how it can adversely affect us. Many figures in the Bible fell because of the same attitude that I demonstrated in the story above. In fact, Satan, once an angel, fell from Heaven because of his pride. This scripture tells us that where there is strife, pride is usually the culprit. But it also gives us the cure for pride – humility. Listening to and heeding advice takes a great deal of humility. Through this humility wisdom is born. Pride is a default setting in our flesh. But if we work to learn and display humility, we will become wiser. And avoid the kind of trouble my foolish pride made for me back in my teaching days.