Proverbs 21.4 says, An high look and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked is sin. We previously discussed the sin of an high look, and it is really the result of the second sin listed here, a proud heart. These sins are inseparably linked, but they're not the same. A high look is just one of the consequences of a proud heart. That high look we talked about in the previous devotional basically puts a face on the sin of a proud heart. And then, the more you learn about the person with a high look, the more outward evidence you find of the proud heart. Of course, that confirms what Jesus said in places like Matthew 15-18, but those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man. People with a proud heart are just difficult to get along with. It doesn't mean they're mean all the time, it just means there's so much trouble that follows them. Everything is about them. They should just walk around with a t-shirt on that says ME, all caps bold with an exclamation mark. And the reality is that they're their own worst enemy. When we put ourselves first, we are doing the exact opposite of what the Lord Jesus did and taught us to do. Matthew 20, 28 says, even as the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life as a ransom for many. We don't give our lives as a ransom for sinners as Jesus did, but we are sinners who have been ransomed. So, therefore, we should dedicate our lives to serving God by serving others. A Christian with pride is a contradiction. We'll see this juxtaposition later on in Proverbs 28, 25 that says, he that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife, but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat. Fat here is a good thing. It means blessed by God. You want a life of self-inflicted strife and need? or do you want a life with the Lord's wisdom, guidance, and blessing? I've always taught my children and anyone who'll listen, life's hard enough. Don't make more trouble for yourself. It all comes down to your willingness to live with a humble heart, thinking much of Jesus and thinking very little of yourself. As John the Baptist said, he must increase, but I must decrease, John 3.30. Why? Because God is thinking about you and he will take care of you if you will take care to live your life according to his will as you walk in the spirit according to his word. Paul expressed this truth with divinely inspired words in Ephesians 6.6, not with eye service as men pleasers, but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart. Pride leads you away from God. Psalm 10 verse 4 says, The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God. God is not in all his thoughts. Why? Because they're just thinking about themselves all the time. And when you think of pride, you should think of Lucifer. In his fall, Lucifer became known as Satan. And when you read about him addressed as the spirit behind the King of Babylon in Isaiah 14, four through 15, and addressed as the spirit behind the Prince of Tyrus in Ezekiel 28, one through 10, you see that Lucifer's downfall was his pride. But when you think of humility, you think of Jesus. It's described in Philippians 2, 2 through 11, which you can read in full on your own since we're out of time or running out of time here, but I'll read Philippians 2, 5 through 7, which says, let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant. and was made in the likeness of men. Jesus put off his heavenly glory to walk as a man among men. And now his name is above all names. And in the same manner, We repeat the words of 1 Peter 5, 6. Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time. That's the proper order of things. Amen.