“But it is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.” (Psalms 75:7)
Of a truth, God rules in the affairs of men; He is able to exalt one and abase another. The eyes of the Lord scan through the earth to identify those who qualify for promotion. What kind of virtues attract this divine promotion? One such virtue is humility.
…All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (1 Peter 5:5)
Humility is all about having the right opinion of oneself; neither arrogant nor looking down on oneself. It involves obedience and submission to both divine and human authority. It resists the temptation of being preoccupied with a sense of one’s own status and position to the despisement of others.
In humility, we look beyond ourselves to value the worth and interests of others. We realize that life is not just about us, but other people matter. The best demonstration of humility we see in Scripture is that of Christ.
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! (Philippians 2:6-8)
Can we all imitate the humility of Jesus? The result of humility is not far-fetched. In just the next verse we see its reward.
“Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name.” (Philippians 2:9)
We shall also be counted worthy of divine promotion if we choose the path of humility!
Remain inspired!
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