“God is opposed to
the proud, but gives grace to the humble (I Peter 5b).
Hey gang: Well it’s time for the politicians to fill
the airways with all the wonderful things they have done and, if reelected,
will do in the future. I sense if one
were to bar the words “I” and “me” from their rhetoric, most would be dumb
founded as to what to say. I do believe that if a brave- hearted soul were to
open a store in the Belt Way selling humility they would soon find themselves
in bankruptcy court.
In his book Humility, the Beauty
of Holiness Andrew Murray defines humility: “A place of entire dependence
on God. Pride is the loss of humility
and is the root of every sin and evil”. In
other words when we allow pride to take over the control mechanism in our
hearts we have chosen to “go our own
way”. (Sin -Isaiah 53:6)
Murray went on to say that, if a
person wants to be like Christ, then humility will be their primary
characteristic. Jesus said, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your
souls. For My yoke is easy, and My
burden is light.” (Mathew 11:29-30).
In Matthew 5:5 Jesus gives us the
opposite of pride: “Blessed are the
gentle (meek), for they shall inherit the earth”. I always thought piety would be the highest
standard when measuring a Christ-like person but Jesus calls on His children to
take on humility as we place our total dependence on Him.
Now hear this, after researching the
word humility I find there is a needed ingredient to implementing humility - thankfulness. I have learned that folks who tend to be
pride-bitten demand certain things, but humble people accept with gratitude
what the Father allows.
Soooo, as you traverse through this
day open your mouth and sing the little ditty “If you want to be great in God’s
kingdom learn to be a servant of all”.
Blessings,
Gramps
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