For if I do wish to boast I will not be foolish, for I will be speaking the truth but I refrain from this, so that no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,” 2 Corinthians 12:1-6. On behalf of such a man I will boast but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses. And I know how such a man - whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows - was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago - whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows - such a man was caught up to the third heaven. “Boasting is necessary, though it is not profitable but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
This is true in all walks of life, whether it be in government, ministry, or anyone.īelow documents the humbling of the Apostle Paul as the LORD Himself sought to keep a check on his pride, as his lofty revelations and knowledge would have caused him to think too highly of himself. God has a way of humbling us, and in time, our actions will be found out. This story of course is a myth from Greek legends, and yet it has relevance today for those who in their great pride and arrogance think that they are infallible and cannot be brought down. For if he approached nearer to the sun, the feathers would melt and he would surely fall to the ground and die.Īs we know from the story, Icarus flew higher and higher into the sky, and at last was much too close to the sun’s heat, and he fell tumbling into the sea below and died. But the father cautioned his son Icarus to be careful in flying too high. So the father fashioned a pair of wings for both him and his son.įeathers were attached to a wooden frame with wax. The story has it that Daedalus and his son had been imprisoned by King Minos in Crete in a chamber that had been invented by the father’s own invention, which was an elaborate labyrinth.īut he realized that the only way out of their demise was to fly away. “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall,” Proverbs 16:18. For we know from scripture that pride will bring us down, but that grace is given to the humble. The Greek myth of Icarus and his fall, should remind us of the dangers of pride.
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