Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.
Matthew 23: 11-12
The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted
Matthew 18:4
Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
There’s a quote I read in a book about a year ago that changed my perspective on life, I cannot remember who said it but she said,
“When I looked away from myself I realized there was a whole world out there.”
Sometimes we are so focused on ourselves that we don’t really see what’s right in front of us, we don’t see the world because we are too consumed with self. That is not a life I want to live, and I know that is not the life God has destined for me to live.
Our generation as a whole needs one large dose of humility, we seem to be lacking in that area a bit. With the growth of technology and social media, we often feel the need to boast and pump ourselves up. Whether it’s posting our good deeds on social media, bragging about what we have (#Blessed, #Humbled) and what we do, or how hard we work compared to others. The older generations call us self-centered, they say we are all about ourselves, and I can disagree to an extent. We can be some caught up in ourselves. We must take the focus off of self and put it completely on someone else. We have to look away from ourselves and our own gain if we want to go anywhere if we want to truly live.
There are so many scriptures to quote about humility and what it means to be humble but I will choose a one more and let you do the rest of the research.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
The first thing God tells us to do in this scripture is to humble ourselves. That is the first instruction. We have to humble ourselves before God, we cannot go before Him with arrogance and pride, who are we to do that. We cannot pray out of an arrogant and selfish heart. Before we do anything we must humble ourselves as God is the master of all and we stand in desperate need of Him every second of every day. A humble heart is a heart God can change and work on, there’s not much an arrogant and prideful person will allow God to do.
We all want to be great, we all want to do something with our lives and be the best at what we do. I may not be speaking for everyone but I am definitely speaking for myself when I say this. Sometimes the greatest among us is the lowest among us because they know what it is like to be humiliated, and that brings humility. Sometimes we reach a point where we think we have the right to be cocky or arrogant. I don’t care how successful or wealthy we are, no one has the right to be arrogant or cocky, it’s humility all around the board. If anyone had the right to boast and be arrogant it was Jesus, and if he stayed humble, who do we think we are to walk around like we are better than anyone else. The greatest man to ever walk this earth is the humblest man to ever walk this earth. He was not too good to go to the low places and get His hands dirty, and we were not boastful in all the great things He did. If we want to be humble we must mock the perfect man, and that man is Jesus. Jesus is the image of humility, He shows us what it is to be humble and instructs us to do the same. When we commit our lives to living like Him we do not have to try too hard to be humble as the Holy Spirit dwells in us, it comes almost naturally. We cannot follow Christ halfway and think we are getting away with false humility.
False humility is pride wrapped in what seems to be humility. Where we pretend to be selfless for the sake of someone seeing how humble we are and mentioning it to us. I would rather someone be honestly arrogant than have false humility because it’s a lie. God sees right through that.
If we learn to look away from ourselves we will see that there is a whole world outside ourselves. We have to put ourselves aside, put our pride aside, and think about others. Life is not about being recognized for what we do, and bragging about how much more we do than others. It is so much more, but that is not for me to tell you. We must discover it for ourselves, and seek Christ in order to find the answer. It’s all in Christ when we live the life He lived then we will truly know what is it to be humble and walk in humility.
Response/Prayer Time
Today, simply talk to God or ask Him about what it means to be humble.
I love you so much and I hope you have an amazing day or evening. Share this with someone and be sure to come back tomorrow for Day 134!
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