January 4, 2025 • 17 mins
This episode explores the profound impact of pride and the transformative power of humility. We discuss personal struggles with pride, biblical examples, and practical steps toward living a low life that embraces vulnerability and seeks God’s grace.
- Personal stories of pride leading to downfall
- Biblical insights on pride and humility
- The story of King Nebuchadnezzar's pride
- Challenges to identifying pride in our lives
- Steps to embrace humility and surrender to God
- The importance of community and sharing struggles
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to the Low Life Show of Space, where we
have conversations about thestruggles of life, where we
declare war on pride and walkhumbly into renewed living with
a surrendered heart.
We take our past failures andturn them into a roadmap for you
to live in peace and live a lowlife.
Whether you're working throughpersonal struggles or simply
seeking a fresh perspective,this podcast will inspire you
(00:25):
and equip you to live low andlet God lift you up.
Hey what's good.
(00:51):
Welcome to the lowlife show.
I am your host, dl the lowlife,and if you're here, it's
because either life's knockedyou down a time or two.
You're curious.
You came to show support all ofthe above, or maybe you just
came for a laugh.
No one thing.
I appreciate you regardless.
Thank you for tuning in, I hope.
No matter what your reason forbeing laugh no one thing.
I appreciate you regardless.
Thank you for tuning in, I hope.
No matter what your reason forbeing here, I do not disappoint.
Here's the deal.
(01:17):
This podcast is a declaration ofwar on pride.
Why?
Because pride almost took meout.
It wrecked my relationships andhad me thinking I didn't need
anybody, not even God.
Pride ruined the better part ofmy life and I didn't even know
it.
But God had other plans for me.
He humbled me, showed me whattruly living looks like and set
me on a path to help others.
(01:38):
If I can help just one personavoid the pain and pitfalls that
come with pride, I will be morethan happy.
After all, each one reach oneright.
So whether you're feeling stuckdealing with some heavy stuff or
just trying to figure out whatfaith looks like for you, this
is the place to get real aboutit.
No filters, just realconversation about how God meets
us in our mess, no matter howmessy they can be at times.
(01:59):
When we choose to get low, werealize God has been there,
waiting the whole time.
Today we're coming in hot fromthe gate talking bad about pride
, why it's such a big deal, whyit's the enemy, and how humility
is the key to getting free.
We're going to track our issuesto the source and work our way
into spotting and then uprootingit.
Let's get with some truth fromthe Bible straight to the point.
(02:40):
Proverbs 16, 18 says Pride goesbefore destruction and a haughty
spirit before a fall.
Let's think about that for asecond.
Pride isn't just bad.
It's a setup for disaster.
It's part of the recipe.
It precedes a fall, meaning getproud, fall down.
It blinds us, makes us think wegot it all together, lets us
(03:01):
feel good about ourselves justenough to want to keep living
with it as our backbone thewhole time.
It's pushing us away from God.
If we keep walking that road,eventually we crash, and we
crash hard, and pride won't beanywhere to help save us.
When that time comes, it'llleave us as fast as it came, in
a crumpled mess without any hopefor survival.
(03:22):
Mess without any hope forsurvival.
I know this because I'veexperienced it firsthand.
But there's hope in humility.
James 4.6 tells us God resiststhe proud but gives grace to the
humble.
And in James 4.10, one of myfavorites humble yourselves
before the Lord and he will liftyou up.
And that's what we're afterright now the opportunity to
(03:43):
humble ourselves, to come afterGod, his grace, his help, and
for him to do the heavy liftingfor us.
And it all starts with usgetting low.
Okay, let's break it down.
(04:23):
Pride is the voice that says Idon't need anybody, I could do
this on my own, I could be myown.
God, I lead the pack and I amthe pack.
It's the voice in your headthat tells you to fake it till
you make it.
Or that being vulnerable isonly for women Men don't do that
that other people's opinionsand correction can be tuned out
(04:44):
immediately and that all youneed is you sound familiar.
It tells you what you want tohear rather than the truth,
because, let's face it, thetruth hurts.
Humility is the opposite.
It's real, it's raw, it'shonest and it never leads you
into trouble.
It's saying god, I can't doanything without you, I need you
(05:06):
.
It's not about beating yourselfup or acting like you're
worthless.
It's knowing not to gloat aboutskills and talent and ability
that did not come from you.
It's about knowing where yourstrength really comes from, the
source of all good things Godhimself.
Here's a story from the Biblethat truly hits home and really
resonates when it comes to thispride and humility thing King
(05:28):
Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4.
This dude thought he wasuntouchable.
I mean King Kong Denzel.
In training day he was runningaround Babylon beating on his
chest, telling everybody abouthow great he was.
He was even warned at one pointby God in a dream about his
future if he continued to dowhat he was about to do.
He did it anyways.
(05:51):
This guy built a false idol ofhimself, but his pride didn't
get him a check.
Not like the world tries totell us, we'll get it.
Got him checked instead, andthis was a king checked by God
himself.
God had him literally livinglike an animal eating grass,
looking crazy, crazy, until hefinally looked up and said Okay,
(06:13):
I get it.
God, you're in charge, I'mnobody.
Once he acknowledged and trulyembraced the fact that God is
God in humility, he was restoredimmediately.
Sometimes God has to.
Let us hit the bottom before werealize we're not all that.
(06:57):
Trust me, I real with you.
For years, I thought I had itall figured out.
I was the man in my own mind,in my own world.
It was my world.
Everybody else was just livingin it.
I was smart, good with words,really great when it came to
manipulating people, goodlooking, so it made it easy for
people to listen and fortunatemost of my life that things went
(07:20):
my way.
I was making moves, doingthings.
However, I wanted to do it andsucceeding.
I got me a good job withminimal hours on a great salary,
power and authority of anywherefrom 10 to 1,000 plus people
and all the things we reach forto get the world to see us as
important.
God never crossed my mindbecause everything was going how
(07:41):
I planned, but underneath itall, it was a mess.
My life was falling apart.
I was in the process of adivorce.
I was trying to fight battleson my own strength and it was
beating me down.
It wasn't until everything camecrashing down in 2016 that I
finally started to see Startingwith a divorce that saw my kids
(08:01):
taken from me.
Then, in succeeding order, mymom was hit by a truck crossing
the street and later died due toher injuries.
I still hear the flatliningmachine today.
As if that wasn't enough, Iwasn't humbled yet.
So my only sister and mygrandfather both taken in the
blink of an eye, all that injust 18 months.
(08:21):
And the cherry on top, I wouldfind out later that in 2019, I
would be facing prison time, andI would be sitting in a cell
alone, grieving all that loss,reconciling where I was being
lost, depressed, stressed, allby myself, with no one to lean
on.
That was where God met me,though in that cell, all alone,
(08:43):
one night, in tears, I began tosurrender the idea of control in
my own life and invited him totake the wheel.
Let me take you back to a timewhere Pride was the norm for me.
It was every guy's dream To belocked up, with nothing but guys
(09:08):
.
No access to women, no accessto freedom, just a bunch of
dudes.
I had been getting locked up onthe county and city levels, but
this was different.
Anywhere you went, bend over,lift your sack.
Humiliating, irritatingwhatever word you want to use it
was that.
It was even worse when theguard seemed to be taking his
(09:31):
time, like he was missing,something like, if he only
looked a little bit harder, likethe predator now became the
prey, what would you do?
It was raining when our buspulled up, pouring.
It was cold too.
We were shackled Hands, feet,belly County blues on walking
(09:54):
single file, surrounded bycement buildings with a fence
wrapped around it, fence coveredin barbed wire rolls and signs
that said electric shock hazard.
I looked up and I saw a tower.
In the tower there was asilhouette.
The silhouette was a manholding a rifle, pointed at me
and the rest of us coming offthe bus.
(10:17):
By now you've probably gottenthe hint that I do not do well
with authority.
Hated, uncontrollablesituations.
My pride ran my life.
I did not enjoy any of this.
The situation, the environment,the people, none of it.
So we walked single file intowhat looked like a factory
building, chained One to another.
(10:37):
We got to a paint line and weretold to put our faces on the
wall.
This is where my pride gotchecked.
I started laughing.
What is this, kitty time outLike elementary school, where
they tell you to put your nosein the circle?
I stopped when I saw some ofthe guys, who were regulars,
(10:57):
immediately listen to thecommand.
As I stood there, I heard thecommand again, followed by
consequence If your face isn'ton the wall, your face will be
in the wall and your head on thefloor.
Needless to say, I learnedcompliance that day A little bit
less proud, a lot of lessarrogant.
This is why humility matters.
(11:27):
Pride shows up in sneaky ways,most ways we are not equipped to
spot out.
We have one pretty universaldefinition of pride that we can
all identify.
It's the I'm better than youattitude, but that's only one
mask.
Then there's the I get todecide what gender I belong to.
Pride, both very in your faceand easy to spot out.
(11:47):
There's also the I'm too goodto be seen talking to you pride.
Or the it's my right to forgiveor withhold forgiveness, pride.
Those are only a few.
There are so many more maskspride wears.
Maybe it is unforgiveness, ormaybe it's making you feel like
you've got to handle everythingon your own.
Maybe it's your inability totake advice or to accept that
(12:10):
you might be wrong sometimes.
Whatever the mask, the end isalways the same Stuck in bondage
to an impossible idea that youcan save yourself.
The flip side of the coin ishumility.
That's where the fun begins,when you get low, god shows up.
He starts breaking chains,healing wounds and giving you
the strength to keep going.
It's not about being perfect.
(12:32):
It's about being willing,willing to be honest, willing to
be weak, willing to be helpless, and willing to admit that
you're a mess and you needsaving, followed by the
invitation for the only one whocan do it, to do it.
Alright.
Let's pause for the cause onetime, for the one time.
(12:55):
This part of the show, as we arecoming to a close, I want to
challenge you to start takingsteps towards humility.
Take some time to think aboutone area in your life where
pride might be creeping in.
Is it in your relationships,your work, your walk with God?
Even If there isn't one, that'sblatantly obvious.
Maybe you're just perfect, butif you're being really honest,
though, there's always somewherepride is doing its thing.
Ask God to help even with that,To search and bring to the
(13:22):
surface an area that pride mightlive in your life.
Then write a simple prayer ofsurrender.
It doesn't have to be fancy, itcan be in whatever words you
use, but something like God.
I can't do this on my own.
I need you.
Whatever it is, it's betweenyou and God.
If you're feeling bold, sharethat prayer with someone you
trust.
There's power and freedom inconfession and community.
If you'd like, you can evenemail me at livingthelowlifeshow
(13:44):
at gmailcom.
One of the main reasons I havefor doing this is so you know
that you're not alone in yourmess.
God didn't say me to walk withyou from a distance.
We're taking all of thispersonal Thanks for hanging out
(14:15):
with me today on the Low LifeShow.
I hope this hits home for youlike it did for me.
Remember, god isn't looking forperfection, he's looking for
surrender.
The next episode we're going tobe diving into the four Ps of
living low Posture, prayerposition and pride.
These are the tools that willhelp you stay low, the full
circle cycle that you can useevery day on your path toward a
(14:36):
humble, peaceful, low lifeconnected to God.
Let's pray real quick, god.
Thank you for meeting us rightwhere we are.
Teach us to let go of our prideand lean on you in every part
of our lives.
Bless every person herelistening and help them take one
step closer to you this week.
Every person here listening,and help them take one step
closer to you this week.
In Jesus name.
(14:57):
Amen, until next time.
Stay low, stay blessed.
This is the low life.
Thank you, thank you.
Outro Music.
Welcome to the Low Life Show of Space, where we
have conversations about thestruggles of life, where we
declare war on pride and walkhumbly into renewed living with
a surrendered heart.
We take our past failures andturn them into a roadmap for you
to live in peace and live a lowlife.
Whether you're working throughpersonal struggles or simply
seeking a fresh perspective,this podcast will inspire you
(00:25):
and equip you to live low andlet God lift you up.
Hey what's good.
(00:51):
Welcome to the lowlife show.
I am your host, dl the lowlife,and if you're here, it's
because either life's knockedyou down a time or two.
You're curious.
You came to show support all ofthe above, or maybe you just
came for a laugh.
No one thing.
I appreciate you regardless.
Thank you for tuning in, I hope.
No matter what your reason forbeing laugh no one thing.
I appreciate you regardless.
Thank you for tuning in, I hope.
No matter what your reason forbeing here, I do not disappoint.
Here's the deal.
(01:17):
This podcast is a declaration ofwar on pride.
Why?
Because pride almost took meout.
It wrecked my relationships andhad me thinking I didn't need
anybody, not even God.
Pride ruined the better part ofmy life and I didn't even know
it.
But God had other plans for me.
He humbled me, showed me whattruly living looks like and set
me on a path to help others.
(01:38):
If I can help just one personavoid the pain and pitfalls that
come with pride, I will be morethan happy.
After all, each one reach oneright.
So whether you're feeling stuckdealing with some heavy stuff or
just trying to figure out whatfaith looks like for you, this
is the place to get real aboutit.
No filters, just realconversation about how God meets
us in our mess, no matter howmessy they can be at times.
(01:59):
When we choose to get low, werealize God has been there,
waiting the whole time.
Today we're coming in hot fromthe gate talking bad about pride
, why it's such a big deal, whyit's the enemy, and how humility
is the key to getting free.
We're going to track our issuesto the source and work our way
into spotting and then uprootingit.
Let's get with some truth fromthe Bible straight to the point.
(02:40):
Proverbs 16, 18 says Pride goesbefore destruction and a haughty
spirit before a fall.
Let's think about that for asecond.
Pride isn't just bad.
It's a setup for disaster.
It's part of the recipe.
It precedes a fall, meaning getproud, fall down.
It blinds us, makes us think wegot it all together, lets us
(03:01):
feel good about ourselves justenough to want to keep living
with it as our backbone thewhole time.
It's pushing us away from God.
If we keep walking that road,eventually we crash, and we
crash hard, and pride won't beanywhere to help save us.
When that time comes, it'llleave us as fast as it came, in
a crumpled mess without any hopefor survival.
(03:22):
Mess without any hope forsurvival.
I know this because I'veexperienced it firsthand.
But there's hope in humility.
James 4.6 tells us God resiststhe proud but gives grace to the
humble.
And in James 4.10, one of myfavorites humble yourselves
before the Lord and he will liftyou up.
And that's what we're afterright now the opportunity to
(03:43):
humble ourselves, to come afterGod, his grace, his help, and
for him to do the heavy liftingfor us.
And it all starts with usgetting low.
Okay, let's break it down.
(04:23):
Pride is the voice that says Idon't need anybody, I could do
this on my own, I could be myown.
God, I lead the pack and I amthe pack.
It's the voice in your headthat tells you to fake it till
you make it.
Or that being vulnerable isonly for women Men don't do that
that other people's opinionsand correction can be tuned out
(04:44):
immediately and that all youneed is you sound familiar.
It tells you what you want tohear rather than the truth,
because, let's face it, thetruth hurts.
Humility is the opposite.
It's real, it's raw, it'shonest and it never leads you
into trouble.
It's saying god, I can't doanything without you, I need you
(05:06):
.
It's not about beating yourselfup or acting like you're
worthless.
It's knowing not to gloat aboutskills and talent and ability
that did not come from you.
It's about knowing where yourstrength really comes from, the
source of all good things Godhimself.
Here's a story from the Biblethat truly hits home and really
resonates when it comes to thispride and humility thing King
(05:28):
Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4.
This dude thought he wasuntouchable.
I mean King Kong Denzel.
In training day he was runningaround Babylon beating on his
chest, telling everybody abouthow great he was.
He was even warned at one pointby God in a dream about his
future if he continued to dowhat he was about to do.
He did it anyways.
(05:51):
This guy built a false idol ofhimself, but his pride didn't
get him a check.
Not like the world tries totell us, we'll get it.
Got him checked instead, andthis was a king checked by God
himself.
God had him literally livinglike an animal eating grass,
looking crazy, crazy, until hefinally looked up and said Okay,
(06:13):
I get it.
God, you're in charge, I'mnobody.
Once he acknowledged and trulyembraced the fact that God is
God in humility, he was restoredimmediately.
Sometimes God has to.
Let us hit the bottom before werealize we're not all that.
(06:57):
Trust me, I real with you.
For years, I thought I had itall figured out.
I was the man in my own mind,in my own world.
It was my world.
Everybody else was just livingin it.
I was smart, good with words,really great when it came to
manipulating people, goodlooking, so it made it easy for
people to listen and fortunatemost of my life that things went
(07:20):
my way.
I was making moves, doingthings.
However, I wanted to do it andsucceeding.
I got me a good job withminimal hours on a great salary,
power and authority of anywherefrom 10 to 1,000 plus people
and all the things we reach forto get the world to see us as
important.
God never crossed my mindbecause everything was going how
(07:41):
I planned, but underneath itall, it was a mess.
My life was falling apart.
I was in the process of adivorce.
I was trying to fight battleson my own strength and it was
beating me down.
It wasn't until everything camecrashing down in 2016 that I
finally started to see Startingwith a divorce that saw my kids
(08:01):
taken from me.
Then, in succeeding order, mymom was hit by a truck crossing
the street and later died due toher injuries.
I still hear the flatliningmachine today.
As if that wasn't enough, Iwasn't humbled yet.
So my only sister and mygrandfather both taken in the
blink of an eye, all that injust 18 months.
(08:21):
And the cherry on top, I wouldfind out later that in 2019, I
would be facing prison time, andI would be sitting in a cell
alone, grieving all that loss,reconciling where I was being
lost, depressed, stressed, allby myself, with no one to lean
on.
That was where God met me,though in that cell, all alone,
(08:43):
one night, in tears, I began tosurrender the idea of control in
my own life and invited him totake the wheel.
Let me take you back to a timewhere Pride was the norm for me.
It was every guy's dream To belocked up, with nothing but guys
(09:08):
.
No access to women, no accessto freedom, just a bunch of
dudes.
I had been getting locked up onthe county and city levels, but
this was different.
Anywhere you went, bend over,lift your sack.
Humiliating, irritatingwhatever word you want to use it
was that.
It was even worse when theguard seemed to be taking his
(09:31):
time, like he was missing,something like, if he only
looked a little bit harder, likethe predator now became the
prey, what would you do?
It was raining when our buspulled up, pouring.
It was cold too.
We were shackled Hands, feet,belly County blues on walking
(09:54):
single file, surrounded bycement buildings with a fence
wrapped around it, fence coveredin barbed wire rolls and signs
that said electric shock hazard.
I looked up and I saw a tower.
In the tower there was asilhouette.
The silhouette was a manholding a rifle, pointed at me
and the rest of us coming offthe bus.
(10:17):
By now you've probably gottenthe hint that I do not do well
with authority.
Hated, uncontrollablesituations.
My pride ran my life.
I did not enjoy any of this.
The situation, the environment,the people, none of it.
So we walked single file intowhat looked like a factory
building, chained One to another.
(10:37):
We got to a paint line and weretold to put our faces on the
wall.
This is where my pride gotchecked.
I started laughing.
What is this, kitty time outLike elementary school, where
they tell you to put your nosein the circle?
I stopped when I saw some ofthe guys, who were regulars,
(10:57):
immediately listen to thecommand.
As I stood there, I heard thecommand again, followed by
consequence If your face isn'ton the wall, your face will be
in the wall and your head on thefloor.
Needless to say, I learnedcompliance that day A little bit
less proud, a lot of lessarrogant.
This is why humility matters.
(11:27):
Pride shows up in sneaky ways,most ways we are not equipped to
spot out.
We have one pretty universaldefinition of pride that we can
all identify.
It's the I'm better than youattitude, but that's only one
mask.
Then there's the I get todecide what gender I belong to.
Pride, both very in your faceand easy to spot out.
(11:47):
There's also the I'm too goodto be seen talking to you pride.
Or the it's my right to forgiveor withhold forgiveness, pride.
Those are only a few.
There are so many more maskspride wears.
Maybe it is unforgiveness, ormaybe it's making you feel like
you've got to handle everythingon your own.
Maybe it's your inability totake advice or to accept that
(12:10):
you might be wrong sometimes.
Whatever the mask, the end isalways the same Stuck in bondage
to an impossible idea that youcan save yourself.
The flip side of the coin ishumility.
That's where the fun begins,when you get low, god shows up.
He starts breaking chains,healing wounds and giving you
the strength to keep going.
It's not about being perfect.
(12:32):
It's about being willing,willing to be honest, willing to
be weak, willing to be helpless, and willing to admit that
you're a mess and you needsaving, followed by the
invitation for the only one whocan do it, to do it.
Alright.
Let's pause for the cause onetime, for the one time.
(12:55):
This part of the show, as we arecoming to a close, I want to
challenge you to start takingsteps towards humility.
Take some time to think aboutone area in your life where
pride might be creeping in.
Is it in your relationships,your work, your walk with God?
Even If there isn't one, that'sblatantly obvious.
Maybe you're just perfect, butif you're being really honest,
though, there's always somewherepride is doing its thing.
Ask God to help even with that,To search and bring to the
(13:22):
surface an area that pride mightlive in your life.
Then write a simple prayer ofsurrender.
It doesn't have to be fancy, itcan be in whatever words you
use, but something like God.
I can't do this on my own.
I need you.
Whatever it is, it's betweenyou and God.
If you're feeling bold, sharethat prayer with someone you
trust.
There's power and freedom inconfession and community.
If you'd like, you can evenemail me at livingthelowlifeshow
(13:44):
at gmailcom.
One of the main reasons I havefor doing this is so you know
that you're not alone in yourmess.
God didn't say me to walk withyou from a distance.
We're taking all of thispersonal Thanks for hanging out
(14:15):
with me today on the Low LifeShow.
I hope this hits home for youlike it did for me.
Remember, god isn't looking forperfection, he's looking for
surrender.
The next episode we're going tobe diving into the four Ps of
living low Posture, prayerposition and pride.
These are the tools that willhelp you stay low, the full
circle cycle that you can useevery day on your path toward a
(14:36):
humble, peaceful, low lifeconnected to God.
Let's pray real quick, god.
Thank you for meeting us rightwhere we are.
Teach us to let go of our prideand lean on you in every part
of our lives.
Bless every person herelistening and help them take one
step closer to you this week.
Every person here listening,and help them take one step
closer to you this week.
In Jesus name.
(14:57):
Amen, until next time.
Stay low, stay blessed.
This is the low life.
Thank you, thank you.
Outro Music.
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