KEY SCRIPTURE: John 13:21 KJV “When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.”

Life experiences have revealed many friends who have turned out to be enemies. Judas was such a close friend of Jesus, yet he sold Him for 30 pieces of silver. On the day of his betrayal, he used a kiss to sell him to those who had come for Him Luke 22:48 KJV “But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?” A kiss is an act of love. (Well among the believers they had what was called a holy kiss.1Co 16:20 KJV” All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.”) In the case of Judas, he became an enemy of the Lord through greed.

There are a number of conditions that make certain friends become enemies. Before I consider some of the causes of what makes enemies out of friends, I wish to say that, money can never buy a trusted relationship. A former classmate of the nation’s president can have access to him, whiles a man’s money may not be able to do so. Your money may give you an association but not a relationship. Do not destroy a relationship through any carnal means.

Friends may become enemies through;

1. Envy. David was an aid of King Saul, who played the harp for demons that came upon Saul to depart from him. When Saul heard that, the women in his kingdom sang saying, Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousand, he became very envious of David to the point that he wanted to kill him. Many supposed friends are so envious of their colleagues that, they go to any length to harm them, make them fall, or eliminate them. That is, they seek to kill them.

Any friend who becomes envious of the success, achievement or victory of his friend was not a friend in the first place.

True friends do not seek an advantage over their friends but rejoice to see the joy of their friends. John 3:29 KJV “He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy, therefore, is fulfilled.” The bridegroom is the privileged one because he has the bride, yet his friend the best man, rejoices over his success.

Some friends may become enemies when they do not overcome a hurt or an offense, which their friends might have caused them. Sadly, the one who offended might not be aware that, he has offended his friend, yet the offended keeps the grudge and does not tell the one who offended him. When a grudge stays for a long time, it becomes anger, from anger, it becomes rage, which grows to become bitterness, bitterness develops into pain and such pain is only satisfied when the one who caused it is taken from his or her life. The end result is a destruction of the friendship. It becomes worse when the offender does the same thing again,  not knowing he has offended him. The bible says let he who is offended go to him that has offended him and tell him what he has done. Matt 18:15 .

There are countless friendships that has been destroyed, whiles one party is full of accusations, and the other party knows not one thing why the relationship was destroyed.

The next reason why certain friendships get destroyed or becomes an enemy is when a third party comes in between them. This one sows seeds of discord. Pro 26:20 KJV “Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.” The talebearer destroys the friendship.

 To escape the traps of tale bearers, never rely on the information of that third person who has come between you and your friend says, always confirm everything through your personal inquiries from your friend.

THOUGHT: FRIENDSHIPS ARE SO EXPENSIVE, DO NOT DESTROY THEM, WITH TRIVIALITIES.

FURTHER STUDIES

Prov 11:13 KJV” A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.”

Mat 18:15 KJV” Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 13:21 “When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.”

One of the painful parts of life is when the one you love turns against you. Proverbs 25:19 says, “Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a foot out of joint.” This is when that which you are leaning on fails you.

Friends are supposed to be a house of refuge, a defender against predators, and an encourager when you are down. In light of this, we tend to place our trust in them or on them.

Our key scripture revealed how Jesus became troubled in his spirit because a close pal was going to betray him. Jesus loved all his disciples and loved Judas as well. If an enemy betrays or hurts you, you may not be so hurt, but a betrayal by a friend hurt so much. Friends have a special place in the hearts of their associates. A betrayal sends cold chills through the individual’s heart.

Proverbs 18:24 teaches, “A man that had friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.” This is the Lord’s advice to all. If you have a friend, then you should not be a fair-weather friend. Your friendship must be real. It is amazing to have certain friends who call on their friends when times are hard or difficult for them. Such people are not true friends. Showing yourself friendly is sharing your life with your friends. You share good things with them and are ready to know them, and also be of help in times of difficulty. You should be a friend who sticks closer than a brother. The basis for such friendship is selflessness.

Judas was not a friend. He loved money and was rather full of himself. He was basically selfish. Such people are dangerous. Judas was around Jesus because of what he could obtain. John 12:6 “This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. “

Friendship is for caring and showing love. Happiness in life is not about what you can get from others, but what you can give , or how much you can put smiles on the faces of others. Make sure you are the friend who seeks to give, help, and support. Remember, you always reap what you sow. Jesus taught; it is always better to give than to receive.

Friendship must evolve from association to relationship. An association is when you meet to talk and fellowship, but relationship is when there develops the feeling of brotherliness among you.At this stage you share things in common.

THOUGHT: YOU ARE A BETTER AND HAPPIER PERSON IF OTHERS CAN SAFELY RELY ON YOU.

FURTHER STUDIES

Ruth 1:16 “And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

Proverbs 25:19 “Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: JOHN 13:20. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.”

 The Lord is saying by our key scripture that everyone He sends represents Him. Whatever treatment given to you is indirectly or directly given to Him. In Acts 9:4, the Lord met Saul on the Damascus Road and asked “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” Saul, who later was named Paul, was persecuting the Christian’s, yet the Lord said you are persecuting me.

  The believer has an inseparable union or oneness with our master Jesus, which should influence all that we do for Him. It is rather unfortunate to find a servant of God or a preacher of the gospel who does all kinds of mischievous things because times are hard, and he must survive. Some even go as far as contacting other beggarly gods, mallams to receive power. It is due to a lack of understanding of who they are. You are a representative of the monarch of the universe. You must not allow the challenging situation you find yourself to dictate your behaviour. The servant of God must always act as a representative of the greatest one of the universe.

  When a servant of God loses the fact that he or she is a representative of God, that is where he or she begins to fail. I believe no envoy of any country in another nation loses the thought that he is a representative of his home country. He acts and functions in dignity, knowing he has the full backing of his motherland. His interest and success in the place of work is the concern of his home country. If our earthly nations have such protocols, how much more the heavenly kingdom.

 2nd Corinthians 5:20 says” Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us, we pray in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.” The apostle Paul knew that as the ambassador of Christ, he acts in Christ’ stead. He speaks on behalf of Christ. He knows Christ will always honour his word.

 Dear servant of God, according to the scriptures God has sent you and you must be bold to speak for him. Never act as if you are on your own. Our Lord Jesus spoke in God’s stead, and the father always honoured His words.

 God wants His glory to be seen and only waiting for the right channels to deliver His power. Those who do not speak for Him are not His channels, only those who know He is with them.

THOUGHT:  GOD DELIGHTS GREATLY IN THOSE WHO KNOW HE IS WITH THEM AND ACTS LIKEWISE.

FURTHER STUDIES:

Matthew 10:40” He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.”

John 14:18” I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: JOHN 13:18. “I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.”

 A pretender is one who presents himself for what he is not. He is a deceiver. Traitors are not just pretenders, but they deceive in order to betray or sell out their own associates.

 Jesus said the one who is eating with me has lifted his heel against me. He is a pretender and ultimately became a traitor. The scriptures are filled with lots of such people. In Genesis 37, Joseph’s brothers sold him to the Ishmaelites who also carried him to Egypt. His brothers brought his coat of many colours soaked in the blood of some animal. They showed it to Jacob to identify whether it was indeed Joseph’s Coat. All these brothers were pretending. They had betrayed their brother and came to the father pretending. They even mourned with him, yet it was all lies.

We find pretenders and traitors in all walks of life. At work places some pretend, and scheme to win the heart of their superiors. There are those who secretly tell lies about their colleagues, in order to get them sacked. Even in churches we find such people pretending to catch the eye of the pastor in order to be appointed into leadership. Some ladies pretend to win prospective husbands, only to show their true nature’s when they are fully married. Some men also join certain churches acting as true Christians, in order to win certain unsuspecting women. After marriage they even stop going to church.

Pray always to know the true nature of the people you are relating with. The consequences of being deceived by such pretenders can be very fatal.

The story is told of a pastor who got married to a lady, and after their first night together, the lady woke the pastor and asked him, ‘did you pray well, before proposing to me? I am a witch!’

  Why do people pretend and ultimately betray their close friends or neighbours? Pretense is a function of lies. Lies are always rooted in fear, and fear is also a baby of self-centeredness or selfishness. All these begin with a desire to have an advantage or a desire to partake of something that should not be rightly theirs.

  Dear one, who are you? Are you a pretender or a traitor? No Christian should be any of the above. The Christian is born of God with the seed of God in Him and should not manifest any of these traits. The man who does not know who he is, may do some of these things, but dear child of God, you are the workmanship of God created in Jesus Christ unto good works, which God has already ordained that you walk in them (Eph 2:10)

Those who pretend, always end in shame and destruction. Every pretender or a traitor is a tool of Satan, used to destroy other lives, but remember, Satan never leaves any tool , in its original state, he destroys it, after using it, and goes for another tool to cause more harm.

THOUGHT: IT IS REAL BONDAGE TO BE A PRETENDER, FOR THE DECEIVER IS ALWAYS DECEIVED

FURTHER STUDIES:

Romans 8:6 “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”

1st John 5:18 “We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.”

2Tim 3:13 KJV But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

KEY SCRIPTURE: JOHN 13:17. “If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.”

  There are a lot of professors of many areas of life, but a few practitioners. It is the practitioners who become partakers of the blessings of whatever that endeavour contains. 2 Timothy 2:6 reveals that “The husbandman that labours must be the first partaker of the fruit.” The Lord said it rightly, happy are ye if you know these things and you do them. The word “happy” means blessed, fortunate, or privileged. The Lord was saying that these things are the principle to a glorious life. You are most privileged if you practice them. No idle man is blessed, for he has no product or fruits to partake. It is the active committed man doing something worthwhile that receives the reward of his labour.

 The Lord taught on his sermon on the mount that those who hear his words and do them can be likened to the man who built his house on a rock. The rains came, the floods came, the winds blew against it but his house stood firm.  He was a happy man or a blessed man. He did not lose his possession. The building of such a person also refers to his life or character. If he takes pain to do what the master says, he would have a very solid life able to resist the changing scenes of life. In the end, he overcomes and is a happy, blessed man. (Matthew 7:24-27).

 The man who hears the word and does not do it will be a sad person or a miserable man. Why? Jesus said such a person is likened to a man who builds his house on the sand; that is loose sand. Such a house will surely have a very poor foundation. Any adverse idea that rises against it will begin to crumble. He would lose everything and become very sad.

  There are many today who are enjoying great victories and conquering diverse challenges that come their way because they committed themselves to doing what the word says (James 1:25)

According to James 1:25, the man who continues to do what the word says will be blessed in what he does. Jesus has given us the example in humility and service. Let us learn from Him and do likewise. We would be blessed in doing so.

THOUGHT: THE WISE HEAR, OBEY, AND ARE BLESSED. THE FOOLISH HEAR, DISOBEY, AND ARE PUNISHED.

FURTHER STUDIES:

James 1:25 “ But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”

Deuteronomy 28:1 “And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: JOHN 13:16. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.”

 As the Lord was expounding His teachings through his demonstrations, He said to them that if He their master had done so, they the subjects must equally do likewise because the servant is not greater than his master. He added that the one sent is also not greater than he who sent him.

This implies the servant must always learn from his master and do likewise if he is to have what he’s had. Every servant must diligently follow his master so he could become like him.

The servant must acknowledge and accept that he must be submissive to the instructions of his master. The servant is also a learner, and it always takes humility to learn. The Lord said in John 8:29 that “ And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.”

 Remember that the Lord said God resists the proud but gives more grace to the humble. More grace means greater capacity to do more, and it takes humility to receive this greater capacity.

 The Lord, our master practised certain activities to make Him who He is. If any followers of His must experience what He experienced, then that follower must do the same.

 The Lord never missed His early times of prayer. The Bible said, “He woke up a great while before day to go into prayer.” (Mark 1:35;). The Lord spent days fasting and praying. If you wish to do like He did, then you must walk where He walked. The Lord Jesus walked through the villages preaching about the kingdom and healing the sick. There are many servants of God who find it very difficult moving from place to place, preaching the gospel to others. The Lord also spent time with single individuals to teach and explain the gospel to them (John 3 and John 4).

Since the servant is not greater than his master, we must likewise follow after Him in that regard. Jesus, our Lord, ministered to the sick by taking the place of the father. He acted as if it was the father directly speaking to the sick. We must carefully learn from His example and do likewise if we wish to see the results. He said, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” The following means learning from Him. Looking at His examples and doing the same.

THOUGHT: TO PRODUCE LIKE JESUS WE MUST DO WHAT HE DID.

FURTHER STUDIES:

Matthew 4:19 “And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Matthew 8:9 “For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 13:14. “If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.”

 The Lord washed all the disciples’ feet, and then He asked them if they had seen what He had done to them. He made sure that everyone’s feet were washed. He then instructed them that if I your lord and master have washed your feet, then you must likewise wash one another’s feet. This was a very profound act and a corresponding statement he made in addition.

 He is the Lord. He is their creator and king, yet He humbled himself and washed their feet and cleaned it as well. The first lesson is that none of them must see himself too big to serve the rest. It was an instruction to be selfless. This is one condition that makes a team great. Teams are never divided but carry one main agenda. Phil 2:2 “fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.”

 To wash one another’s feet is to love one another. No individualism. Apostle Paul states it so clearly in Phil 2:3 “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”

 Washing your brother or sister’s feet means you esteem him better than yourself.

 One may ask, if I esteem my brother better than myself, would that not give him an advantage over me? Please get the whole idea well or clearly. It is not about who gains the advantage but rather how much Christ is revealed in us. Many are busily seeking to show what they can do and how great they are. This is the deception of the enemy. It is a trap that many have fallen into. He saved us not to make us great but to reveal Christ in us.

 He saved us to make Christ great in us. It is all about Christ. Gal 1:15 “ But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen.” He saved you to reveal Jesus in you and not to reveal you.

Stop the struggle to reveal yourself. If in your life Christ is magnified and daily revealed through you, then you are fulfilling your mission.

 When God uses us in any way, it is to reveal Jesus. Healing the sick, delivering the oppressed, and even feeding the hungry should not in any way make us feel proud. We should be full of praise to the master who has made use of us to glorify His name.

 All that we have been called to do is to wash men’s feet. Teaching, healing, and delivering the oppressed is all washing other’s feet. We do not get offended if they fail to acknowledge what we have done because we only sort to please the master in washing His children’s feet.

THOUGHT:  LET IT BE YOUR JOY TO RENDER SERVICE THAN TO RECEIVE PRAISE.

FURTHER STUDIES

Phi 1:20 KJV” According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.”

Acts 20:35 “I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 13:10. “Jesus said to him, Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is clean all over. And you [My disciples] are clean, but not all of you.”

  In our key scripture, the Lord gave a proverbial statement. He said to Peter, the one who has bathed only, needs to wash his feet because he is already clean, and you are all clean but not every one of you. The one who he referred to as not clean was Judas. Judas was with his team of disciples, yet he was not clean. From the Lord’s analogy, one could say Judas had not washed himself.

What made Judas not to be clean?

 Judas was in the team, yet his language and desires were very different. He was very covetous. He had a strong lust for money.

1 Timothy 6:10 “For the love(lust) of money is the root of all evils;

Which some coveted after, they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows”.

 Judas had erred from the faith. He was in the Lord’s ’s service but never served the Lord. Judas had a different motive for following Jesus. His motive disqualified him. Jesus said he was not clean.

  Dear servant of God, are you clean? Are you serving Jesus because of the money you wish to get? Are you after souls or after savings? There are some men of God who organize programs with certain financial targets on their minds. The whole program is not about the transformation of lives but to obtain certain amounts to obtain certain material gains. Such a mind is unfortunately defiled. Dear child or servant of God, motive is everything.

  Financial gain is not the only wrong motive people may have. Any other worldly or carnal longings other than seeking the glory of God and the continual transformation of lives makes that servant of God unclean. The Lord said at the last day, he would say to some, get away from me , ye workers of iniquity, I do not know you. What criteria does the Lord consider to claim knowledge of His servants? When the person loves Him Jesus. In 1 Corinth 8:3, the Lord said If one loves the Lord, then the Lord knows him.” This implies that if one does not love the Lord, then He does not know such a person. In the case of Judas, he did not love the Lord. He loved the money that he would be stealing from the money bag he carried along. Love for Jesus is the underlying criteria for acceptance before Him.

 If your actions are of no benefit to the love of God, then you are unclean and have seriously missed God’s mark or standards. Love for God is God’s marking scheme for eternal qualification or disapproval.

 THOUGHT: MAKE SURE YOU LOVE GOD IN SINCERITY, AND YOU WOULD NEVER MISS GOD’S APPROVAL

FURTHER STUDIES:

Philippians 3:18 “For there are many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, who walk (live) as enemies of the cross of Christ (the Anointed One)”.

1 John 2:15” Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him”.

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 13:6-7 “Then comes he to Simon Peter: and Peter said to him, Lord, do you wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do, you know not now; but you shall know hereafter.”

The Lord Jesus started washing the feet of the disciples, and He cleaned their feet with His towel. As He got to Peter, he asked, “Lord, are you coming to wash my feet?” The Lord quickly said to him,” You do not understand what I am doing now. You may not understand, but you will do it later on.”

Peter felt disgraced for seeing the glorious master bow to his feet and wash the dirt from his feet. He felt I should rather wash your feet. He was quite apprehensive about allowing the Lord wash his feet. When the Lord went further to explain the reason for doing so, he quickly said not only my feet but my hands and my head.

There are many acts or instructions from the Lord that may sound ridiculous and not reasonable. There are certain moments the Lord can ask you to stop a particular work and serve Him totally. One servant of God who worked at the United Nations was instructed to leave the United Nations establishment and come to Africa to serve the Lord. This man was not in his old age, ready to go to pension, but just in his prime time.

He gladly obliged following the spirit’s instruction. Now God is making him a blessing unto the Nations of the world. Bishop Dag Heward Mills, who left his medical profession at a rather prime age, is now a blessing unto the entire Christian world. He might not have understood the spirit’s prompting to forsake his profession and take on pastoring souls. His parents and friends were equally bewilded at his decision to follow the heavenly call.

The whole world now attests to the wisdom in God’s instructions.

A word of caution is that whatever you are deciding to do must indeed be from the Lord. It was the master himself who came to the disciples ready to wash their feet. Be certain fully that it is the Lord asking you to do whatever he is asking you to do.

God’s ways are not our ways, and his thoughts are not normally our thoughts. God, on many occasions, chooses the weak things of this world to shame the strong of the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. Do not allow man’s natural persuasions to dictate to you when dealing with the Lord. What the Lord requires is to respond to Him in faith.

CONFESSION

Thank you, heavenly father, for the leading of your spirit, which is always right. I trust you with all my heart to do whatever you ask of me.

FURTHER STUDIES

Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the LORD.”

1 Corinth. 1:27-28. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yes, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are:

KEY SCRIPTURE: JOHN 13:4. he riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.

The Lord Jesus knew who He was. He had every authority in His hands. Every power was under His control. In the light of such power and authority, He put down His clothes, took a towel, and got water to wash the disciples’ feet. This was the act and duty of slaves.

During the days of Jesus, roads were very dusty, and so there were servants who washed the feet of all those who came into the house.

Jesus acted in meekness. To be meek is to have strength under control. It comes with an attitude to humble yourself. Humility is a decision to accept what God says about you. True humility is first our attitude towards God and His word. It is then reflected in our relationship to men. It is out of our submission to God that enables us to relate rightly towards men. There is no humble man who does not honour God sincerely in his heart, but claims to be humble is a big liar. Most politicians have no regard for God, yet they portray themselves as humble men. These are acts to deceive the uninformed.

Our Lord Jesus showed throughout His life of ministry days that God honour and accepts the humble. He showed that unless one becomes humble as a little child, he has no place before the father. He said the leader must be the servant of the people. This was the very example He tried to show His disciples.

Leadership is not about dominating. Leadership is about bringing people into their destiny. It is about showing people the way to greatness. True leaders produce people after their kind. It takes humility to do this. It is the humble that will make themselves examples or escape goats for the rest. Leadership is not about enjoying privileges and having fun. Leaders show the way. They literally carry the people on their backs to bring them to the heights, the place that the people must be. The word is leader, that is one carrying or leading the followers to a particular destination. It is His humble attitude that makes him take steps and actions that become lessons for the rest to follow. Any leader who lives fat on the people and takes advantage of them is a disappointment. He is a failure. Leadership is sacrifice, and that is what humility demonstrates.

PRAYER:

Lord grant all those who aspire to leadership to understand the call to humility.

FURTHER STUDIES

Matthew 18:3-4. and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.