He is Able To Humble

Daniel 4:37c

“and those who walk in pride, He is able to humble.”

King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of the Babylonian empire, and the most powerful ruler in the history of the world, struggled with pride. (What a shock) We’ve all heard it, “power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Pride is the foundational sin of everyone who is not saved and a stumbling block to those who are. Pride is what caused the fall of Lucifer (the son of the morning) thinking he could exalt himself above the stars of God. (Isaiah 14:13)

The moment we begin to think more highly of ourselves than we should, you can be sure a correction is on its way. This king was humbled through a series of dreams interpreted by Daniel that came to fulfillment as prophesied. This led him to say, “and those who walk in pride, He is able to humble.” And boy was he.

God will do whatever it takes to bring people to a place where they see they need him. He did it to king Nebuchadnezzar, he did it to me and at some point, he’ll do it to you.

The Truth

“Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.” (Proverbs 16:18,19)