King of the Pride

Tomorrow morning I will be preaching on the topic of pride. It occurred to me today that a group of Lions is called a pride. Perhaps I was thinking of this after our recent visit to the St. Louis zoo.

However, it also occurred to methat the lien is known as the king of the jungle. And that is what pride does to us as well. Pride builds up and makes us believe that we are King (or queen) - first of our own lives, then of everything.

We must be careful not to let pride build up in our lives to the point where we believe that we are King (or queen) of anything.