Wild Turkeys
by Marsha Iddings
Isaiah
Every year we see wild turkeys in my parent's yard. In the spring the tom turkeys puff out their chests and fan out their feathers, strutting their stuff to impress the female turkeys.
Dividing my parent's yard from the neighbor's yard is a row of trees and shrubs that are fairly close together. One day the turkeys all decided to go through there to the other yard. The tom turkeys, with feathers all fanned out, confidently strutted into the shrubs only to find that they couldn't get through in all their proud finery. They had to back up out of the shrubs and lay their feathers down in order to get through. Humiliating indeed!
Isaiah tells us the consequences of pride. Everyone that is proud and lifted up will one day be brought low. It is our natural tendency to be proud in some form or another. We think more highly of ourselves than we ought. James says, "But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." I am afraid that many times I am like a wild turkey, strutting my stuff, but then finding that in order to receive grace I must put my feathers down in humility.
Dear Father, I have been convicted of pride as I think on these verses. Forgive me for my pride and help me to be humble before you and others. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
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