Thursday, June 12, 2008
Humility

John 3 contains a verse that is very familiar to us. It is a verse that represents the Gospel in a nutshell. This verse is John 3:16, which says ‘for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.’ Indeed, this verse shows the extent of God’s unfailing love for us.

Though we were undeserving of this love, He still chose to send his one and only son, Jesus Christ to die on the cross for us. He came to save us, to wash away our sins and shame with his blood so that we may come before God blameless. Jesus made it possible for us to live for righteousness. His death made possible a future when all that is wrong on earth will be set right.

There is no doubt that God’s love for us is everlasting, however there are times where we upset him by certain wrong attitudes and actions that we do. I felt that God was speaking to me on the issue of men’s pride. This was something that could hinder us from drawing close to God.

God does not find delight in one’s boasting of his strength, riches or knowledge. If one loves the praise of men more than the praise of God, he would find it hard to listen to God and align his heart to that of God. God wants us to imitate Christ’s humility as stated in Philippians 2 and not have our eyes blinded and our hearts hardened to our very own pride.

I believe that God would have to break this very pride of ours to mold us and transform us into the person that he has designed us to be. Truly, we ought to humble ourselves to be like a servant and acknowledge that God is above all things. We have to work towards Christ-likeness, as seen in John 3:30-31.

God so loved us that He gave His son, the very least we could do is to do our very best to love the people around us no matter how unlovable they might be. I pray that God would teach me how to live a life of humility, even if it means the breaking of my very pride.

Be humble. Be a child of God and a servant to Man.

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