I’m reading in the letter from James in the Christian Bible. This is one of those pieces of spiritual writing that is so dense with thought that you could take months just going from sentence to sentence.
He is talking in the passage where I’m at right now about how God yearns to see his spirit at work in us.
I love that phrase. How packed with meaning.
James relates that to our human resistance, called pride. And he talks of the opposite of pride, namely humility.
The study guide asks us to consider, “Why is it so hard to submit to God?”
I’m not going to suggest an answer. We know the answer within us if we but pause and look.
For some reason, I am prone to wondering about people. I wonder about how people whose pride has driven them from prominent positions to the depths. How do they live with themselves and their family? What do they do all day? Sit and brood? Act as if they are wronged and get worse?
This has happened to many men and several women over the past few years.
But more to the point–what about me? At what point is my pride still in the way? Do I feel the need to justify myself? Do I need to promote myself? Pride is so insidious.
The other part of this passage from James says, “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.”
That is the goal.
Faith Venture 
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