In the Bible we are told that we need to have a spirit of meekness and humility. If we have been saved, we have been saved by grace, it's nothing we did, we didn't work for it, so we don't have anything to hold over anyone else. Therefore, there's no reason to be prideful. God is not a respecter of persons, nor should we be. If Christ, who is God, who became a man, for him to become a man, to die, yet at the same time never ceasing to be God, yet putting himself in this humble position, who are we to think that we are too good to draw near to some?

So the question of meekness arises. Does meekness equal weakness? Nope.

For an illustration, we'll go back to Ancient Rome. Historically, the horses used in the chariot races were not nags - they were are high powered stallions, being tough, almost brutal in what they can do, yet the term that used to select the perfect horse was that it was, you guessed it, meek.

Why? Because the charioteer needed to pull just as lightly on the reigns to make that horse immediately react. It's not that you don't have strength, but you must be willing to submit that strength instantly.

When the Bible talks bout meekness, it is talking about restrained power. In other words, we do not need to be a door mat, or someone who can't do anything. When Jesus was meek, could he have called down a legion of angels at any time? Could he have destroyed the world in one word? Yes, but he restrained. (So thank God for that.) For men, it is not about forfeiting your masculinity; we are talking about being able to reach out to all in the spirit of humility and compassion.

So "Do not be proud." Pride is just something else, isn't it? It is a devastating thing. Pride comes before what? The fall. When it engulfs us, and we think we have become something, then we're in for it.