6 Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence
or stand in the place of the great,
7 for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
or stand in the place of the great,
7 for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
(Proverbs 25)
Jesus Himself alluded to this Proverb in Luke 14 when He was rebuking those who were trying to show how important they were by taking seats of honor. Things had not changed much in the thousand years from Solomon to Jesus, nor the two thousand from His time to ours: it is still easy for us to "get full of ourselves", using the comparison game to figure out where we fit in, and how we can "get ahead." The principle was and is still the same: we do not need to reassert our importance or power or knowledge. God will take care of all that, but even more importantly, we need to be asking: "What can I do to promote His glory?"
Questions: When writing or speaking about myself, do I make a big deal about titles and degrees? At social gatherings, do I immediately head towards the "power people" or the "in crowd"? What are other ways I seek to stand out in the crowd to the detriment of the glory of God?
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