It’s time to get low, low, low…This verse is pretty strai...
This verse is pretty straight forward but difficult to master; it is pleasing and good for the soul to be made low or humbled than to divide the shares of the proud.
When I think of dividing shares or portions, it is typically due to the fact that a battle has been won but this verse makes it fairly clear that the spoils of the proud and arrogant aren’t “winning”. It’s easy to live life under the delusion that we are capable of doing much on our own; don’t get me wrong God gives us the ability to do, live, act, exist on our own and in our own power - we are able to live the life that we want to live BUT that doesn’t mean that we are on our own.
The proud say they don’t need anyone else.
The arrogant act as though this life is all about them.
And the spoils of that war are loneliness, disparity and a life lived alone…it’s a life that really isn’t.
Those that humble themselves, make themselves low and live a life that realizes “it’s not about me” have the life that is meant to be lived…it’s not about us, it’s about others. Jesus says love God and love others…that’s it. That’s life and when we live life from that place, we are living a life that is pleasing and good!
