“Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter." When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things, for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say." -Luke 11:52-54
How often has pride filled my heart, and left no room for the Lord to enter into my mind and soul? How often does my pride make me hostile to another of God’s children? Once we surrender our pride, room is made in our soul, and the Lord pours Himself into that space. Then our relationship with God, and those around us, truly begins.