GOD
HONORS HUMILITY
BREAD
All
of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God
opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand,
that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for
you. 1 Peter 5:5-7 (NIV)
34 He
mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. Proverbs 3:34 (NIV)
14 If my
people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my
face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will
forgive their sin and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)
2 When
pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2 (NIV)
33 The
fear of the Lord teaches a man
wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Proverbs 15:33 (NIV)
4 Humility
and the fear of the Lord bring
wealth and honor and life. Proverbs 22:4
(NIV)
1 If you
have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his
love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by
being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. 3 Do nothing out of selfish
ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than
yourselves. 4 Each
of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of
others. 5 Your
attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:1-5 (NIV)
1 As a
prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling
you have received. 2 Be
completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in
love. Ephesians 4:1-2 (NIV)
BUTTER
“There is no true
holiness without humility.” Thomas Fuller
“The Christian
gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved
and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time.” Tim
Keller
“Humility
is nothing else but a true knowledge and awareness of oneself as one really
is.” The
Cloud of Unknowing
“Some people are
full of talk against legal doctrines, legal preaching and the legal
spirit. Yet they may understand very
little of what they are talking against.
A legal spirit is far more subtle than they imagine. It can lurk,
operate, and prevail in their hearts even while they are inveighing against
it. For as long as a man is not emptied
of himself and of his own righteousness and goodness, he will have a legal
spirit. A spirit of pride in one’s own
righteousness, morality, holiness, affection, experience, faith, humiliation or
any other goodness, is a legal spirit…It is even possible to have a
self-righteous spirit about one’s own humility and to be self-confident about one’s
own abasement…But he whose heart is subject to Christian humility has a very
different attitude…Christians who are real saints and the greatest in the
Kingdom…humble themselves as a little child…They look upon themselves as
children in grace..”
Jonathan
Edwards
“Humility makes the great greater.” Dr. John Dickson
“Because Jesus
Christ came into the world clothed in humility, He will always be found among
those who are clothed with humility.” A.W. Tozer
“Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as
humility.” Jonathan Edwards
“Humility
is nothing but a true knowledge and awareness of oneself as one really is.” David Nicholas
“In the
Kingdom, there are no great men of God, just humble men whom God has chosen to
use greatly. How do we know when we are
humble? When God speaks, we
tremble. God is looking for a man who
trembles at His word. Such a man will
find the Spirit of God resting upon him; he will become a dwelling place for
the Almighty. God asks for nothing but
ourselves.” Francis Frangipane
HEART
SAVOR
- · God delights in our humility of heart. What do we have that we did not receive and if we received it, why boast – particularly in the privacy of our own hearts?
- · God is the Giver of every good and perfect gift.
- · God gives grace to the humble in heart but opposes the proud – He is all too aware where their giftings came from.
