God says that He is close to those who are brokenhearted and the contrite of heart. Psalm 34:18 says, “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” God cannot fix what is first not broken and cannot fill us if we are full of ourselves.
No Humility
God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble, so says James (4:6) but the Greek word for opposed is “to range in battle with” or to “be at war with” so if you read James 4:6 for the way it reads in the Greek, it says “God is at war with the proud” and who wants to be at war with God? Not me! Yes, if we are full of pride, we are more like Satan than God because Satan’s pride caused him to rebel against God and our hearts are wicked if we live a life of pride.
