Glorifying Myself

     As I was reading today in my study guide, Living Free by Beth Moore, she hit on a subject close to my heart, pride. Beth asked three poignant questions on pages 49-51:
1. If God reveals Himself through His glory, what would be the primary obstacle to my glorifying Him?
2. Can you even conceive of a conflict between people that is not pride-based?
3. How could God's demand to be the focus of glory be in our best interest?
She also noted the following, "...pride is Satan's specialty...It wrecks lives and destroys relationships."
     I couldn't agree more, as I've done my share of wrecking relationships with pride than in any other way. Because frankly, I wanted my way. Let me tell you from experience, the saying, "My way or the highway," can lead to a very long and lonely road.
     When I glorify myself, (which by the way, the world would love to convince me is the right way), I take my eyes off of God and put them on me. (The following statement may remind you of a recent television ad, that demonstrates the causes and effects of not choosing their brand:) When my eyes are on me, I become self-absorbed, when I become self-absorbed, I get bored, when I get bored, I get into things that I shouldn't get into so I can entertain myself, when I entertain myself in the wrong ways..you can see me circling the drain, can't you, the longer my eyes stay on me? Things spin out of control, when God is not in control of my life.

An old victrola in the Pastoral Kfar Blum Hotel in Israel. It makes me think about how much entertainment has changed in just a hundred years. 
Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.