Monday, March 02 || HUMILITY IS A SAINT’S ORNAMENT!

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“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” - Luke 14: 11

This is one of the wonderful paradoxes of Jesus that is totally contrary to the way the world thinks. The world says, “If you want to climb higher and be somebody, you must push and fight your way to the top.” The world says, the way up is up! But Jesus says the opposite. He says, the way up is down! In Luke 14, Jesus told a parable that taught His followers not to be like Pharisees and teachers of the law who clamored for the spotlight and sought the applause of the crowds. The parable talks about people who chose the most honored seat for themselves at a wedding feast. He said, they would be embarrassed when the host asked them publicly to take their rightful place. (Luke 14: 7-9) On the other hand, Jesus said, we need to take the lowest place at the feast. Then, when the host invites us to a better place, we would be honored in the presence of all the guests. Biblical humility is the recognition that everything good that we are and have come as an undeserved gift from God. As Paul writes in I Corinthians 4:7, “What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?” Biblical humility is a recognition that “apart from Christ I can do nothing,” and so “I do not glory in myself, but in the Lord.”

Dear friends, true humility is revealed by how we treat others. It is the JOY - “Jesus” first, “Others” second, and “Yourself” third. Our Lord Jesus is the greatest example of humility, and so let us ask the Holy Spirit to enable us to imitate Him.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Your Word says that You resist the proud but give grace to the humble. You despise pride and haughtiness. Make me humble. Take away my sinful pride. I’m sure to stumble if I try to practice humility on my own strength. Let me stay close by Your side and learn from You. Amen.

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