Obadiah 1:2-4 (KJV) Small but Strong

Obadiah 1:2-4 (KJV)

Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

Esau reminds me of the little man with big pride.

The implication is that they are the size they are by God’s design. Esau may have desired to be one of the great nations like Egypt or Syria. It just wasn’t going to happen. But though they were little and there was nothing to change that, they had their strengths. God never makes any of us alike, but He never favors any over another. Esau’s trouble was they mistook their strengths as being bigger and more unreal than they were.

I’ve met a lot of those with the little man big pride trouble.

• They might be small but they are fast.
• They might be small but they are strong.
• They might be small but they are smart.

I’m not arguing against any of that. I’m just saying that those strengths must not be lifted in pride.

There is always someone who can bring us down.

God can always bring us down.

Instead of being lifted in pride at our strengths, it would be so much better to be humbled in appreciation to God for them.

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Small but Strong: Strength and Humility

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Obadiah 1:2-4 (KJV) Small but Strong