The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 7 verse 8, better is the end of a thing than the beginning
thereof.
And the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
You see, we as Christians, we want to make it all the way to the finish line.
It's better to be a finisher than a starter.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.
And he says the opposite of being patient in spirit is being proud in spirit.
Now what is pride?
Pride is having too high of a view of yourself and having a low view of other people often
and thinking that you're better than other people, right?
If we were to say someone was very prideful, it means they're lifted up, they're boasting
and think that they're great and maybe even putting other people down.
Well what would lead someone to run the race too quickly?
Sometimes it could be pride, thinking that they're better than everyone around them or
hey everybody look at me and wanting to show off or something like that.
We need to be patient and run with patience the race that is set before us.