
#WordForTodayDevotional
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
CHARACTERISTICS OF YAHWEH’S KIND OF LOVE (5): IS NOT INFLATED WITH PRIDE
… love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.5 It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); …
I Corinthians 13:4-5 (AMP)
The very word translated “pride” is the Greek word ‘phusioo’ meaning to “puff up” or “blow up.” The English idiom “having a big head” communicates the same idea. To be puffed up is to have an inflated opinion of oneself. According to William Penn, the founder of the Colony of Pennsylvania, “A proud man then is a kind of glutton upon himself; for he is never satisfied with loving and admiring himself; whilst nothing else, with him, is worthy either of love or care” (from No Cross, No Crown, chapter XII). In pride we become the objects of our own love; in humility we learn to love others.
Pride is a sin. Apostle John taught that the pride of life “is not from the Father but is from the world” (see 1 John 2:16). The Proverbs summarize Yahweh’s attitude regarding pride: “Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate” (see Proverbs 8:13), and, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (see Proverbs 16:18). In contrast to the humility of love, the Corinthian believers were known for their proud behaviour at times. They argued over which apostle they followed (chapters 1-3), spoke poorly of Paul (chapter 4), boasted of their tolerance of sinful behaviour (chapter 5), took fellow believers to court with lawsuits (chapter 6), dishonoured Yahweh in their taking of the Lord’s Supper (chapter 11), and argued about which spiritual gifts were most important (chapter 12). Paul’s exhortation that “love is not proud” provided a proper correction for their self-centred attitudes.
The only thing love sees is the need. When the Good Samaritan stopped to help the man in need on the Jericho road, he didn’t concern himself with how “Jews do not associate with Samaritans” (John 4:9). The Good Samaritan did not care how it looked to others. He was there to help (Luke 10:30-37). His humble focus on someone else’s need is the illustration Yahushua used of loving our neighbour as ourselves. We are called to shine the Yahweh-kind of love to our world. Life is not all about you. Stop living and centering life on yourself. Life is about the Lord Yahushua and shining His love to the hurting and dying world. There is no soul that is more important than the other. Share the love of the Lord Yahushua with as many as you can find and do that with every humility considering it a privilege. It is the life you have received in HaMashiach to be for a light to the nations of the earth. Pride shall not be your ruin in the name of the Lord Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!
REMEMBER: The Yahweh-kind of love is never inflated with pride but sees the need and attends to it.
PRAYER: Dear Father, thank You for Your word to me today. Let every form of pride in me die now. Anything in me contending with Your kind of love being manifested through me be consumed by the fire of the Holy Spirit in the name of the Lord Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!
PROPHETIC RELEASE: The root of pride is cursed in your life now. The hindrance to that explosion coming your way is just removed now in the name of the Lord Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!
FURTHER READING:
Luke 10:30-37
ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
Song of Solomon 4:1-5:16; Romans 7:1-25
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