June 21 – When Pride Meets Reality

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in scripture and relevant
for today, June 21st, when pride

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meets reality.
Have you ever been in a season

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where everything seemed to be
going your way?

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Things were clicking.
You felt confident, maybe even

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untouchable.
And then something happened that

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reminded you just how much you
don’t actually have figured out.

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That sudden drop from confidence
to confusion is one of the most

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humbling experiences a person
can have.

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And it’s not always bad.
Sometimes it’s exactly what we

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need.
Proverbs chapter 18, verse 12

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says before destruction, a man’s
heart is haughty, but humility

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comes before honor.
That’s not just a proverb.

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That’s a pattern you can see
repeated throughout history and

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throughout your own life.
If you look honestly, pride

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doesn’t announce itself as
pride.

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It usually feels like
confidence, clarity, maybe even

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wisdom.
But when it’s operating without

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God at the center, it creates
blind spots.

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And blind spots are dangerous.
David understood this more than

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almost anyone.
He was chosen by God to be king.

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He was anointed, gifted, and
favored.

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And yet in first Samuel chapter
23, verses 2 and three, before

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going into a dangerous battle,
David didn’t charge ahead on his

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own confidence.
He asked, shall I go and attack

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these Philistines?
He checked in with God before he

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made a move, and God said yes.
And because David went with

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God’s directive rather than just
his own impulse, he saved an

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entire city.
That’s the pattern that leads to

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honor.
Not the path where you

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demonstrate how capable you are,
but the path where you

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consistently turn to God and
say, what do you want me to do

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here?
That’s the kind of humility that

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protects you from your own blind
spots.

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And then when danger came again,
threats closing in, people

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turning against him, betrayal on
multiple sides, David turned to

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Psalm 54, verses one and two
with one of the most honest

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prayers you’ll find in all of
Scripture.

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Save me, oh God, by your name,
and vindicate me by your might,

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Oh God, hear my prayer.
Give ear to the words of my

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mouth.
He didn’t go on social media to

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defend himself.
He didn’t scheme his way out.

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He prayed versed.
He took his situation to God

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before trying to manage it
himself.

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That combination, seeking God’s
guidance before acting and

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seeking God’s help when
threatened, is the antidote to

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pride.
It’s not weakness.

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It’s actually the most strategic
thing you can do because it

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keeps you connected to the
wisest, most powerful source of

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guidance that exists.
For young people especially,

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this matters in the everyday
moments, the test you feel

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totally prepared for.
Did you ask God for wisdom or

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just lean on how much you
studied the decision you’re

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confident about?
Did you pray about it or just go

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with your gut?
The relationship situation you

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think you’ve got figured out?
Have you actually sought God’s

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perspective?
Humility doesn’t mean thinking

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less of yourself.
It means being honest about what

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you know and what you don’t and
consistently inviting God into

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the gap.
It means asking before acting.

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It means trusting His direction
even when your own instincts

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feel strong.
And the beautiful promise?

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Humility comes before honor when
you choose it consistently.

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God lifts you in His timing, in
His way, in ways that actually

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last.
Let’s pray, Heavenly Father help

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us to recognize the places where
pride is operating in our

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hearts, even when it disguises
itself as confidence.

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Teach us to seek Your guidance
before we act, not just when

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things fall apart.
Like David, may we ask you first

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in decisions big and small, and
trust that your wisdom is always

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better than ours.
Strengthen our faith so we can

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rely on your protection and
direction every single day.

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In Jesus name, Amen.
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meant to be rushed, feared, or
walked alone?

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with confidence over the road

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Proverbs chapter 18 Verse 12

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World English Bible Before
destruction the heart of man is

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proud, but before honor is
humility.

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First Samuel Chapter 23 World
English Bible David was told,

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Behold the Philistines are
fighting against Kayla and are

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robbing the thrashing floors.
Therefore David inquired of

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Yahweh saying, shall I go and
strike these Philistines?

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Yahweh said to David, Go strike
the Philistines and save Kayla.

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David’s men said to him, Behold,
we are afraid here in Judah, how

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much more than if we go to Kayla
against the armies of the

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Philistines.
Then David inquired of Yahweh.

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Yet again Yahweh answered him
and said, Arise, go down to

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Kayla, for I will deliver the
Philistines into your hand.

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David and his men went to Kayla
and fought with the Philistines

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and brought away their livestock
and killed them with a great

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slaughter.
So David saved the inhabitants

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of Kayla.
When Abiathar, the son of

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Aheimletch, fled to David, to
Kayla, he came down with an

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ephod in his hand.
Saul was told that David had

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come to Kayla.
Saul said, God has delivered him

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into my hand, for he is shut in.
By entering into a town that has

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gates and bars.
Saul summoned all the people to

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war, to go down to Kayla, to
besiege David and his men.

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David knew that Saul was
devising mischief against him,

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and he said to Abiathar the
priest, bring the ephod here.

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Then David said, O Yahweh, the
God of Israel, your servant has

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surely heard that Saul seeks to
come to Kayla to destroy the

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city for my sake.
Will the men of Kayla.

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Deliver me up into his hand.
Will Saul come down?

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As your servant has heard
Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg

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you, tell your servant Yahweh
said he will come down then,

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David said.
Will the men of Kayla.

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Deliver me and my men into the
hand of Saul.

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Yahweh said.
They will deliver you up.

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Then David and his men, who were
about 600, arose and departed

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out of Kayla and went wherever
they could go.

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Saul was told that David was
escaped from Kayla and he gave

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up going there.
David stayed in the wilderness

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in the strongholds, and remained
in the Hill Country in the

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wilderness of Ziff.
Saul sought him every day, but

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God didn’t deliver him into his
hand.

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David saw that Saul had come out
to seek his life.

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David was in the wilderness of
Ziff in the wood.

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Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and
went to David into the.

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Woods and.
Strengthened his hand in God, he

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said to him, Don’t be afraid for
the hand of Saul.

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My father won’t find you.
And.

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You will be king over Israel,
and I will be next to you and

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Saul.
My father knows that also.

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They both made a covenant before
Yahweh.

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Then David stayed in the woods
and Jonathan went to his house.

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Then the Ziphytes came up to
Saul, to Jiba, saying, doesn’t

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David hide himself with us in
the strongholds, in the woods,

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in the hill of Hakala, which is
on the South of the desert?

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Now therefore, O king, come down
according to all the desire of

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your soul to come down, and our
part will be to deliver him up

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into the King’s hand.
Saul said You are blessed by

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Yahweh, for you have had
compassion on me.

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Please go make yet more sure and
know and see his place where his

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haunt is, and who has seen him
there, for I have been told that

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he is very cunning.
See therefore, and take

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knowledge of all the lurking
places where he hides himself,

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and come again to me with
certainty, and I will go with

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you.
It shall happen, if he is in the

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land, that I will search him out
among all the thousands of

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Judah.
They arose and went to Ziff

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before Saul, but David and his
men were in the wilderness of

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Mound in the Araba on the South
of the desert.

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Saul and his men went to seek
him.

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When David was told, he went
down to the rock and stayed in

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the wilderness of Mound.
When Saul heard that, he pursued

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David in the wilderness of
Mound.

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Saul went on this side of the
mountain, and David and his men

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on that side of the mountain,
And David hurried to get away

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for fear of Saul.
For Saul and his men surrounded

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David and his men to take them.
But a messenger came to Saul

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saying, Hurry and come, for the
Philistines have made a raid on

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the land.
So Saul returned from pursuing

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David and went against the
Philistines.

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Therefore they called that place
Selahemolekoth.

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David went up from there and
lived in the strongholds of

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Njetty.
Psalm Chapter 54 World English

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Bible Save me God, by your name.
Vindicate me in your might.

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Hear my prayer, God, listen to
the words of my mouth, for

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strangers have risen up against
me.

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Violent men have sought after my
soul.

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They haven’t set God before
them.

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Behold, God is my helper.
The Lord is the one who sustains

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my soul.
He will repay the evil to my

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enemies.
Destroy them in your truth with

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a free will offering I will
sacrifice to you.

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I will give thanks to your name
Yahweh, for it is good, for He

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has delivered me out of all
trouble my eye has seen triumph

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over my enemies.
Thanks.

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