Everyone is prone to hard heartedness. The following proverb gives us the solution to fighting against it.

Proverbs 28:14[14] Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

This is very similar to Hebrews 4:1 where it instructs us to fear unbelief.

Here’s a quote to think about…

Paul Tripp

Proud people are
◦ Defensive
◦ Entitled (they deserve things that other people don’t deserve)
◦ Use people instead of serve people
◦ Pride allows me to convince myself that I can step over God’s boundaries without any consequences
◦ Long before a fall, the proud person has lost his functional fear of God and so he’s not afraid anymore to write his own rules

Pride must be a symptom of a hard heart that no longer fears the Lord or fears where unbelief ends. Let’s watch out for each other in love.