A Teachable Spirit

 We are told that the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in the same way, pride is a germ that disseminates into all kinds of sin and strife.
 Pride can be displayed in many ways and is described by many words, such as arrogance, insolence, self-importance, and conceit. Pride is also displayed in boastings and bluster, condescension and contempt and superiority.
 As fallen men and women, we are disposed towards Prideful Self-Importance... and too often, arrogance and insolence are crouching at the door of our hearts. But God in His grace, reminds us that wisdom is the beautiful counterbalance to insolence and conceit which is so distasteful to the Lord.
 In this verse, we discover the importance of A Teachable Spirit. We read that, "wisdom is with those who receive counsel," and "wisdom is gained by those who take advice."
 The Bible is the Word of God which gives insight into God's heart and also instructs us on how to live godly lives in Christ Jesus. Let us take to heart all that the Lord is teaching us, as we read, mark, learn, inwardly digest, and apply God's Word in our lives.  In doing so, we will not only be gaining wisdom from above but  we will be honoring the Lord Who bought us, with His own blood.
Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the words of wisdom that are found in Scripture. Keep us from prideful insolence and destructive strife and teach us to walk in your way, to receive wisdom, and to be willing to learn from godly counsel. Help us to take to heart all that is written in Your Word, and enable us, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to apply all that we learn in our everyday lives so that we may not only be good and faithful witnesses of Your love and grace, but be members of Your Body that honors Your holy name. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.