To lift up is a take down?

So you look around on television, in our neighborhoods and certainly in the workplace we can find someone who is proud. Someone who is so puffed up and so arrogant that many people cannot stand them. They're the ones who let you know all that they have accomplished and all that they have done every chance they get. They have awards hanging in their offices, pictures all over the wall(wait I have those, that can't be me!) and so on. Everytime they boast of their accomplishments they take down their value in God's eyes.
Think about it this way, the second you drive a brand new car of the lot it isn't brand new any more. It loses value almost while you are signing the paperwork. It's funny how that happens, in theory if you buy a brand new car at a dealership, you put the keys in it drive it 10 miles and attempt to sell it you will never get your money back no matter how good of a deal you got. It loses value immediately and its a sickening feeling, but we have to have cars don't we?
That is how our value to God decreases when we brag or get puffed up. We accomplish some great feat, whether it is a sports accomplishment, a workplace accomplishment, or a spiritual gain. THe second we brag about it to someone else is the very moment it loses it's value, in God's eyes. But, when we accomplish great things and let everyone know how we did it, with the abilities that God gave us, or with the luck that came our way from God's plan for our lives we allow it to keep it's value.
Luke 16:15 says, "What is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God."
EVERYTHING we have and are able to do is because of God. Life itself is only possible because of God, our salvation is only possible because of God's grace and mercy. There is not one single merit that we can accomplish, not one thing we can do that is by our own doings(except for sin).
So think about what you do with your accomplishments, are they GOd's accomplishments or yours. The accomplishment is the same, but its value hangs in the balance!
Thanks for reading and have a great day!