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Arrogance
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007 (message contributor)
Arrogance
The story goes that the admiral, looking out from his command post on the deck looked out and saw lights in the distance, clearly heading straight for him. He radioed the message ahead: “Turn aside, 10 degrees starboard.” The radio beeped back – “Negative. Advise you turn aside 10 degrees starboard.” Furious, the admiral radioed back: “No, you turn aside. I am an admiral I am in command of a battleship” The message was returned: “I am a private. And I am in charge of this lighthouse”
There’s nothing wrong with commanding a great ship – the only problem is when we become blind to what our actions really are. It becomes arrogance when we think we can move mountains.
God puts rocks in our way to keep us clear on the simplest fact: God is God, we are not.
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