Wise Choices that Accent Our Lives: Successories

May 2nd & 3rd - Humility: Arrogance is the pits

Core Scripture:
Genesis 7:6-35

Memory Verse:
Proverbs 16:18 (AMP) "Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall."

Discussion Questions:

• How was Joesph arrogant? What were some of the factors that led him to be arrogant? What was the result of Joseph's arrogance? How did this contribute to his trip to the pits?
• What are some of the ways we display arrogance? What reasons do we use as excuses for our arrogance?
• What problems can result from our arrogance? How can this lead us into the "pits"? How has this happened in your life? Are there any specific relationships in your life that have been damaged by arrogance?
• What will it look like for us to live with humility? What is humility? How can we develop humility in our lives? What Wise Choices must we make to grown in humility?
• In what specific situations do you need to show humility right now? How can you do this? What practical steps do you need to take?

Bottom Line:

• Jacob's favoritism and Joseph's arrogance had created a recipe for jealousy, and this soon took a disastrous form as Joseph's life took a dark turn. Joseph found out the hard way that arrogance is the pits.
  
• Humility does not mean we will become doormats. It didn't for Joseph; he actually ended up as a ruler. But no matter where he was, he had a realistic view of who he was. He knew that God was in control, not him.
  
• Let us move away from arrogance and instead make the Wise Choice to humbly follow God in our lives, trusting Him to lift us out of the "pits" and into the good He is up to in our world.