What will you cut off?

Those who walk in pride, he is able to humble. 

Often times in our lives, there are things that help us reach our success and get us to where we want to go. Whether it's something that we are proud of our not. We too often can't let go of that pride and accept who we are. It's like there are parts of us that we are too afraid to cut off.

In Daniel chapter 4, King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream about the magnificent empire that he had created. Everything that he had created had resembled a tree that you could see from all the ends of the earth. It was a sign of abundance. The king had cerated one of the most powerful empires in all of the world. 

The king's problem was that he was prideful. He would not give the glory, credit, and honor to God. In his dream, it was interpreted that the king was going to have to cut down the tree. Which meant letting go of the empire that he was created. 

The unique part about what God was saying to him in his dream was that there will still be a base of the tree, and when the time comes, he can start building a new empire while being humbled before God. 

So the king new what he had to do. He cut down the tree just like God had told him and he was humbled. 

Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like claws of a bird. At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High: I honored and glorified him who lives forever. 

(Daniel 4:33-34)

Talk about being humbled...he was basically cast out into the wilderness, ate grass like an ox, his hair was like the feathers of an eagle, and his nails were like claws. All this happened so that God could turn this king's pride into humility. 

I share this story because I believe that there are things that each and every one of us have that we need to cut off. There are parts about our lives that we need to make new. God is the one true king who fulfills us in ways that are unimaginable. 

What has to happen today for you to praise the Most High and the glorify him forever and ever?