Accept God's Lordship

We are studying Obadiah this week. It is a prophecy against Edom (the descendants of Esau). They thought their homes were impregnable based on their high-cliff location, but the Lord makes clear they would be brought down. Their pride and arrogance would lead to their destruction. They failed to “Accept God’s Lordship.”

Once, I had an elderly man tell me that he thought he was bulletproof, meaning he was not going to die anytime soon. He said this because of his healthy lifestyle, regular physical exercise, and his current good health. Shortly after saying that he was diagnosed with colon cancer. God was merciful and he lived thru the surgery, but for sure, the experience altered his perspective.

A video of a soldier foolishly testing a bulletproof-vest ballistic plate looks like a hoax (or staged) to me. Nevertheless, it illustrates how arrogance can be deceiving. If it’s real, I can’t imagine a mindset that would allow someone to hold a target in the manner portrayed in the video. Maybe you can think of a movie scene where arrogance is demonstrated, but failure happens afterwards.