Proverbs 13:18 (CB)

Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. 

CORRECTION. Pride hates correction and can lead to public failures that bring shame. So human arrogance can bring about its own greatest nightmare. What, then, can remedy pride? One way is to deliberately submit yourself to correction from others. The path to become a person of honor is the formative discipline of submitting yourself to God. You must lose your pride to find it rightfully. This happens inside the church, if we take vows to submit to the counsel and instruction of wise leaders. This happens in a marriage if we make it safe for our spouse to correct us. This happens when we give Christian friends the right to speak to us regularly about our flaws and sins (Hebrews 3:13). It can happen, but only if you choose for correction to be a part of your life. Do you live in a Christian community with genuinely close, accountable relationships so this can happen? Have you experienced correction recently?

Prayer: Lord, I don’t have enough people in my life I trust to correct me. I will need the patience and commitment to cultivate them and then the courage to open up to them. Give me both! Amen.