2:17-19
The haughtiness of man shall be humbled. Man will be brought low in his pride. His limitations will be cruelly exposed. On that day it is the greatness of the Lord that shall be made plain to all. He alone will be exalted. All the idols that man has set up will be shown up for what they are, nothing at all. And man who has clung to idols will go and hide in caves and holes in the ground, anything to get away from the truth of the glory of the Lord. You see, when we seek to live as independent, as masters of the universe we are living a lie. For we are not even masters of our own little patch of earth, let alone the universe. We did not bring ourselves into existence, we do not control the essential elements of life. So does this mean that man is nothing at all? No, what it means is that it is only when we acknowledge our true place, that we become truly great. For God does commend people, but they are people who trust in Him. For we are created beings, and when we live as created beings we live as the people we were created to be.
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