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Hiding in Pride

Jeremiah 13:7 So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.

This is an interesting portion of scripture that I had never read before.  Jeremiah was directed by God to hide a linen belt in the rocks and crevices.  When God told him to go back and get the belt, this is the verse.  In pride, Israel and Judah had chosen to turn away from God.  God was giving Jeremiah the prophecy, through the linen belt, of what would happen to Israel and Judah because of their pride.  In applying this to my life, I was drawn to the fact that the belt was hidden and when it was found it was completely "ruined" and "useless."  My thought was, how often do I choose to hide in the rocks and crevices from God?  How often does my pride cause me to turn away from what God has made clear to me simply because I think I could do it better or that it doesn't really matter what He has said?  I know that God can take me at any point in my sin and turn me around, but when I choose to move away in my own pride I come dangerously close to being found ruined and useless.  My prayer today is that God would reveal to me those areas where I let pride get a foothold and help me to release it to the Spirit for sanctification.

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