One day a pastor had been working all morning on his sermon when His computer crashed and he lost it all. He went upstairs and told his wife, and she was amazed at how well he was taking it. She said, “It’s amazing how calm you are and how happy you seem even though you’ve lost a lot of work.” Then she bragged on him and told him what a wonderful attitude he had.
After she left the room the pastor began thinking about what she had said, and decided that his wife was right. That he did have a good attitude about it. Instead of ranting and raving about losing all of that work, he just accepted it and moved on. He thought to himself, “That’s how a mature Christian should respond, because that’s how Jesus would have responded.”
When their children got home from school they did something that upset their mother and she lost her temper. Later in the evening he did something that upset his wife and she got mad again. The pastor thought to himself, “you know I’ve got a great attitude, but my wife’s attitude stinks, why can’t she just roll with the punches like I do.” So being the Spiritual leader of the household he felt compelled to lecture his wife about her rotten attitude.
Do you see how the devil can use our pride against us? That morning the pastor had responded in a very Christ-like way when the computer crashed and he lost all that work. But by nightfall he had become a Pharisee. That’s what makes pride so dangerous to those of us who are Christians. Spiritually speaking, there are few things more lethal than Pride.