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Walking in humility
'Walk...With all lowliness and meekness.' EPHESIANS 4:1-2
When most of us think of what we would like to become, there's normally a real Catch 22. We dream of being loved, adored and famous on the outside but of course we're wise, humble and totally brilliant on the inside. To get loved, adored and famous we need to be wise, humble and brilliant first. But, if we get there then we probably won't want to be loved, adored and famous 'cos we'll know what we're really like and what we deserve!
Think carefully about the words 'walking with God.' Whose company are you in? God's! Can you think of a higher calling?
Yet, the higher your calling, the lower you must become in your own eyes. That doesn't mean thinking you're rubbish, it simply means we need to understand just how amazing, mighty and awesome God really is. The more we see God for whom He really is, the more we realise we're so not God!
When the apostle John saw Jesus standing in the midst of the seven churches, he wrote, 'And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead' (Revelation 1:17). Those who big up themselves are humbled by the Lord. Those who humble themselves before the Lord are the ones God raises up. Humility doesn't mean thinking less of yourself, it just means thinking of yourself less.
written by Bob Gass
'Walk...With all lowliness and meekness.' EPHESIANS 4:1-2
When most of us think of what we would like to become, there's normally a real Catch 22. We dream of being loved, adored and famous on the outside but of course we're wise, humble and totally brilliant on the inside. To get loved, adored and famous we need to be wise, humble and brilliant first. But, if we get there then we probably won't want to be loved, adored and famous 'cos we'll know what we're really like and what we deserve!
Think carefully about the words 'walking with God.' Whose company are you in? God's! Can you think of a higher calling?
Yet, the higher your calling, the lower you must become in your own eyes. That doesn't mean thinking you're rubbish, it simply means we need to understand just how amazing, mighty and awesome God really is. The more we see God for whom He really is, the more we realise we're so not God!
When the apostle John saw Jesus standing in the midst of the seven churches, he wrote, 'And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead' (Revelation 1:17). Those who big up themselves are humbled by the Lord. Those who humble themselves before the Lord are the ones God raises up. Humility doesn't mean thinking less of yourself, it just means thinking of yourself less.
written by Bob Gass
