Pride Can Turn you into a Hippie

Pride will take you a lot of places but I never thought it would turn a king into a grass eating hippie like King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4. Even after God tells Nebuchadnezzar in his dream and through Daniel to repent, he boasts about "his mighty power" (Dan 4:30).

You know, we are created to be mighty and powerful. God gives us dominion (Gen 1:28). He gives us strength (Ps 18:39, Ps 28:8). But, we aren't to be found admiring the beauty of what we have done. Rather, we are to be prideful and boastful of what God has done through us(2 Cor 12:9-10)!

God does teach Nebuchadnezzar that: the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will (Dan 4:32). He probably learned it a little better then me since I never was much of a hippie.