Job Chapter 41 - the king of the children of pride

Job 41:34
(34) He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

This verse explains our culture and the effect of people not seeking nor having a walk with God. I have heard it ministered many times that you cannot be in "neutral" for very long on your Christian walk, as my Pastor would say "On a bicycle you can only coast for so long until it you lose momentum and flop over". This is truly what has happened to our nation, and so much more over the last few years. When we learn to coast, we begin to be led by pride instead of by the Spirit of God, and that causes us to struggle and have NO peace. The devil, being the accuser of the brethren makes sure to point this out and that is when when feel condemnation, desperation, and unrest in our souls. This is what Hebrews 4 speaks about when it says "let us therefore LABOR to enter into the REST." The children of Israel found themselves with this problem, and that is why they murmured and complained against God. The following admonition comes from the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians:

1 Corinthians 10:1-13
(1) Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
(2) And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

They were baptized in the water and the Spirit (John 3:5) - Just like the Church is (Acts 2:38).

(3) And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
(4) And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
(5) But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

God was not well pleased, because they had UNBELIEF in their heart (which the Bible calls an EVIL HEART) God swore that they would NOT enter into His Rest because of their unbelief. (Hebrews 4).

(6) Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
(7) Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
(8) Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
(9) Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
(10) Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

In other words because they didn't believe the promises of God, they "COASTED" and ended up despising the Word of the LORD and LUSTED (desired) evil things. The devil is a mastermind at setting the children of God up for these types of traps, and when he trips up and child of God, he makes sure to encourage them to have pride in themselves so that they won't repent of the evil heart and enslave them as his subjects. This is what happens to a backslider, they get trapped by the devil, and then because they had unbelief and began to "lust after evil things" the devil condemns them, and then he thrusts a dagger in their spiritual heart to cause them to not have the conviction of their wrong, rise up in their pride and refuse to repent in the presence of God for mercy.


(11) Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

(12) Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

(13) There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

This has got a hold of me right now, I want to be pure in the sight of God, I want to truly please Him. I want every soul that I have the responsibility of working with to have the same spirit, we may be fighting against this spirit all around us, but we will labor to enter into His rest. When you humble yourself to God, you will feel rest, you can tell God that you are sorry and make up your mind that you will no longer walk on the wrong path. You can tell God that you need Him each and every day of the rest of your life and that you cannot make it without Him. The truth is that this is already the case, but when we make this CONFESSION, we are humbling our PRIDE, which is the root cause of all sin.

James 4:4-10
(4) Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
(5) Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
(6) But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
(7) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
(8) Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
(9) Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
(10) Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

This is what I have been praying about, I want to be pure in the sight of God, I don't want to have an evil heart of unbelief, I want to feel the rest of God all around me, in my house, with my family, in my workplace, in our Church, and when I put my head on the pillow every night. Last night I was so burdened that I cried tears into my pillow and I felt like King David before God, Lord create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, take not thine Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me, the JOY of thy Salvation, and renew the right Spirit within me. This is what makes the walk for God what it is, not simply having knowledge of the scriptures, the bottom line is to please our Creator, our Redeemer, whose name is from everlasting. I want to walk with Him, I want to be His people.


2 Corinthians 4:1-6
(1) Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
(2) But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.


The "god of this world" is the king in Job 41... the king of the children of pride. Lord help us not have the spirit of this world, let us not be like Cain, who refused to have the right attitude and seek what pleases you, let us not be like the children of Israel who had an evil heart of unbelief, help us to seek your face and help us to be pleased with your ways, and help us to have a humble heart that desires to please you. That is what our walk is all about.

In Jesus Name.