The pushing, boastful temper is, in the long run, suicidal. It is wiser as well as nobler to take the lower place at first in humility, than to tak…

Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king
Intrude not yourself into his presence; or rush not into it in a …

Religion teaches us humility and self-denial. The one who has seen the glory of the Lord in Christ Jesus will feel his own unworthiness.