Human Pride vs Pride in the Lord

Was reading Psalm 106 and it was on the rebellion of the people in the wilderness during Moses times and how God has showed His mercy towards them time and again. It dawned on me that those people back then did not let the revelation of God's love sink in them. To think that God delivered them from the hands of the Egyptians and has been their provision along the way, they still rejected Him and turned to idol worshipping and ignorantly boasted in their own ability to keep the law (for my non-believer friends reading this, it's the famous ten commandments). Such prideful attitude and I'm talking about human pride. Such pride gives you the disillusion that only by your own flesh that you can cause things to be the way you want it to be. Such pride that cause you to be closed up to others and always be on your toes. Such pride that cause you to appear strong on the outside to hide away the real you. I knew it because I was there and still there sometimes. When the love of God is not rooted in your hearts, it is easy to fall back to human pride, acting as if God has not redeemed you, rejecting His love and promises to you, rejecting the finished work on the cross. On the other hand, when we have the constant revelation of His love for us, we can then boast in the Lord that we have everything because Jesus lost everything on that cross. We can boast that we are accepted in the beloved because Christ was rejected by God at the cross. This is boasting and havin pride in the Lord. Do you really know how much Jesus has suffered to give you what you don't deserve today? That was something that I caught on my train ride to work and even as I was typing this. It also dawn on me that there are times I was not letting the love of God to fill my heart, causing myself to try to hide away my weaknesses for some reason. I'm not there yet but I still thank God that for whatever small revelation of His love i have today, I experience tremendous blessings in every area even if I don't deserve them. God really loves you and He is waiting for you to just go to Him and receive all that you need. And not to forget that when he blesses you, He really blesses you abundantly above all you can imagine or ask for. All this because He loves you. :)

A quick update on the past few days, spent quite some time window shopping with dearie...notice it's window shopping cos I did not get anything other than a new white shirt for choir. :( attended a wedding lunch at hyatt again..but it was really enjoyable and food is great! One of the best weddings I have attended. Went for more shopping with dearie and J after that..heh..Alrite! Time to get back to work!