Pride is defined as taking satisfaction in one’s own achievements.  Humility is to trust God alone to achieve in us and through us.  The proud man is self-reliant but the humble man is reliant upon God.  Joseph Prince says it best when he says “When we work, God rests and when we rest, God works.” God wants us to completely trust in Him and come to Him for every want, need or desire.

Proverbs 3:34. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Our part is to rest and to believe that God will do what he promised to do for us. Rest means to cease from our own efforts to accomplish something. The opposite of oppose is to aid, assist, favor, help, and support. This is what it means when it says that God gives grace to the humble. He comes to our assistance and offers us support. He pours out his favor upon us as we humble ourselves and trust in his ability rather then our own ability.

In Proverbs 28:25 it says “He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat (prosper and enriched.” In Matthew 23:12 God promises to exalt (rise to a position of greater power or higher rank ) the humble. James 1:21 says In humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls (mind, emotions & will).  We cannot save our souls without the word and we cannot receive the word without humility.