Not a single one of you can boast before God of how you earned the right to be a child of God. You are poor beggars into whose empty hands God deposits every possible spiritual gift. Dear saints, you dare never move from your beggars stance. You dare never seek to take the higher seat, thinking that you deserve what you get. The moment you believe that you deserve what God gives, the moment you pick the best seat for yourself, you are fallen.
Pride goes before a fall.
Hear this and hear it well. Even if you have been faithful since the day of your baptism. Even if you never rebelled against Christ. Even if you never committed any serious or gross sins in your life, you are still only a beggar before God. Just as pride goes before a fall, so grace goes before humility.