Pride is the innate desire of our hearts to be entitled to more than what we have. Pride takes, humility gives. We are to daily clothe ourselves with humility by casting our anxieties onto Christ and being watchful for the devouring devil by staying sober-minded.

God is supreme, all-knowing, and all-powerful: We are not. May we humble ourselves therefore and trust that we will be exalted in the age to come. On that day, when Christ returns not as as a servant but as the king, the weak will be strengthened, the broken restored, and the humble exalted. Until then, may we endure through suffering and live righteously, not boasting in our strength nor being overwhelmed by our weaknesses, but casting our burdens onto the one who bore our grief on the cross.