Have you ever read a passage of Scripture and realized that, although it was written to a specific people in a specific time, its message is just as relevant today?

Obadiah 1:3 is one of those verses. Though steeped in history, its truth is timeless:

“The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’” — Obadiah 1:3

Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, writte...