Hear the decree and purpose: "And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD." and again, "Recompense her [Babylon] according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel." How have we lifted up ourselves before our God? How easily are we deceived! O, to see His face! Only then will I give Him pure, unadulturated glory and fellowship. Pride. The most self-emptying prayer and fellowship that man can offer to the Lord still has a measure of pride intertwined within it, for until we see the face of the Christ and be like Him, this flesh deceives us. Free me from this bond of death! May I be mad over You, as Babylon was with it's idols, and more so, for in You is Truth and Life! Then will You be pleased. It's amazing how much grace we a dependant on. Can I love, serve, enjoy God without His grace? I believe the answer is obvious. He supplies for His own, ultimately for His own glory. He wants fellowship with us more than we want it with Him. He is more fervent about getting it; He deserves it. Therefore, if we will, He will, and it will happen. Where is the sweet fellowship? God is ready to have it. We deprive Him of it, if God can be deprived of any thing. What is pride? I gather that it is a lack of understanding of Who God is and who we are. God, give me understanding.