Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Psalms 59:10-17
by: Aubrey Appel.
Pride is like a Venus Fly Trap. I remember seeing a nature film where the plant closed slowly over the bug caught in its sticky residue. What an awful way to die-the same can be said for pride. Pride is one of those slow, tricky sorts of sinful things. At first its just a little bit bad, nothing to worry about. Over time it grows sticky, ugly, and menacing. The psalm describes the consequences of pride, and they are not pretty: God does not tolerate pride. Those who are prideful will be consumed by his wrath and trapped in their sin.