...True Humility...

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Under The Fathers Wings

True Humility

We are going to talk about humility, have you noticed,

that the word humility, along with words like kindness,

right, wrong, faithfulness and ect. Is words that are not

not heard, are shown much in our world anymore. We

have to realize that humility is not effacing ones self.

It is not destroying one's sense of self worth. Humility

is an honest recognition of our own worth. Our worth

is as God sees us. If we are full of pride we are

elevating ourselves above others, and often above

God Himself. We have to be careful, there is a

fine line between self worth and being full of pride.

You see if we destroy our sense of self-worth

that is also unacceptable. When we do that, it

denies the value that God placed upon us when

he created us, in His image and when He sent His

son to die for us. Christ did not die for worms,

but for people he loves very much, and we have

great worth, we are valuable in God's eyes. To

see ourselves as God sees us. Our goal has to be,

to learn to balance humility, self-worth and pride.

Matthew 18-4

Therefore , anyone who becomes as humble as this little

Child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

James 4:6

He gives us more and more strength to stand

against such evil desires. As the scripture say,

"God sets himself against the proud, but he

shows favor to the humble."

1^stPeter 5:5-6

You younger men, accept the authority of

the elders. And all of you, serve each other

in humility ,for "God sets himself"

against the proud, but he shows favor

to the humble." So humble yourselves under the

mighty power of God, and in his good time he

will honor you.

When we listen to most people talk these days,

you could come to believe to be humble or

show humility, means that anyone of this ilk is

weak and spineless, but as we see in the above

scriptures to be humble and show humility is

true strength, for it reaches into the kingdom

of heaven. When we are full of pride we are

playing right into the devils hands, pride makes

us weak and it reaches no further than our own

ego. So therefore, we become a tool for the

devil to use.

2^nd Kings 5:13-15

But his officers tried to reason with him and

said, "Sir, if the prophet had told you to do some

great thing, wouldn't you have done it? So you

should certainly obey him when he says simply to

go and wash and be cured!" So Naaman went down

to the Jordan River and dipped himself seven times,

as the man of God had instructed him. And the flesh

became healthy as a young child's, and he was healed!

Then Naaman and his entire party went back to find

the man of God. They stood before him, and Naaman

Said, "I know at last that there is no God in all the

world except in Israel. Now please accepts my gifts."

The above scriptures speak to anyone that refuses

or can't seem to turn loose of the pride ,that keeps

us from showing humility, we must realize until we can

turn loose of the false pride, we have, we will never be

whole. Because humility is the first step to wholeness.

God knows that pride is not and easy thing.

to give up He also knows that pride will be

our down fall, as it was satan's.

But if we will come to God with a sincere heart, he

will take the false pride we carry and replace it

with a heart of humility. True humility comes only

from God and God alone.

2^nd Chronicles 33:1-13

Manssseh was twelve years old when he became

King and he resigned in Jerusalem fifty-five

years. He did what was evil in the Lord's sight,

imitating the detestable practices of the pagan

nations whom the Lord had driven from the land

ahead of the Israelites .He rebuilt the pagan shrines

his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He constructed

altars for the images of Baal and set up Asherah

poles. He also bowed before all the stars of heaven

in both courtyards of the Lord's Temple. Manasseh

even sacrificed his own sons in the fire, in the valley

of the son of Hinnom. He practiced s sorcery,

divination, and witchcraft, and he consulted with

mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil

in the Lord's sight, arousing His anger.

Manasseh even took a carved idol ha had made

and set it up in God's temple, the very place were

God had told David and his son Solomon: "My name

will be honored here forever in this Temple and in

Jerusalem- the city I have chosen from among all

the other tribes of Israel. If the Israelites will obey

my commands -all the instruction, laws, and

regulations given through Moses-I will not sent them

into exile from this land that I gave their ancestors."

But Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem

to do even more evil than the pagan nations whom

the Lord had destroyed when the Israelites entered

the land. The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people

but they ignored all his warnings. So the Lord sent

the Assyrian armies, and took Manasseh prisoner.

They put a ring through his nose, bound him in

bronze chains led him away to Babylon. But while

in deep distress, Manasseh sought the Lord His God

and cried out humbly to the God of his ancestors.

And when he prayed, the Lord listened to him and

was moved by his request for help. So the Lord let

Manasseh return to Jerusalem and to his kingdom.

Manasseh had finally realized that the Lord alone

Is God!

As we see here Manasseh was one of the most wicked

and evil kings ever to rule in Judah. He encouraged

his own people to practice evil, until God would have

no more of it .They were in a time in their lives when

time were good and everyone was prospering.

Unfortunately when we as a people and a country

prosper and all is well, we have a tendency to fall

into pride, thinking we have achieved it all, without

any help from God. But when we as a country or as a

person find ourselves loaded down with debt, lose

a loved one, or have illness to hit us, ect. We

suddenly find it necessary to seek the Lord.

All of a sudden pride isn't as big of a deal to us

anymore. Praise God let the healing begin as we

seek humility.

Proverbs 18:12

Haughtiness goes before destruction: humility

precedes honor.

The word haughty has many definitions, such as

disdainful, proud, insolent, lordly, overbearing,

arrogant all these word describe haughty, I don't

about any of you, but I can relate to this attitude

when I was in the world, that is the attitude of the

world and we a product of the devil. God's tell us

here that all haughtiness bring us nothing but

destruction, but humility precedes honor. There

is much haughtiness in our churches today, pride

and egos are splitting up churches, also false pride

is causing the same problems. Some how we have

been unable to separate the difference between

self-esteem, self-worth and humility from

haughtiness ego and pride and until we can we will

never find the wholeness that the Word of God

speaks of.

Matthew 6:1

"Take care! Don't do your good deeds publicly,

to be admired, because then you will lose the

reward from your Father in heaven.

Acts 20:19

I have done the Lord's work humbly- yes and

with tears. I have endured the trials that came

to me from the plots of the Jews.

Paul is telling us here that it would be easy to

do the Lord's work with pride. After all, doing the

Lord's work is the most wonderful work in all

the world, but he also recognized that doing God's

work is serving, which takes humility. Those who

are proud are not good at serving and when they

do it is to curry attention and recognized and

praised. The sad part is that sometimes we may

have all been guilty of this and yet we can't or won't

admit it as pride, God help and forgive us. We

have to make sure that when we do God's work it

is with pure motives and humility.

Ephesians 4:2

Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other,

making allowance for each other's faults because

of your love.

Matthew 7:3

And why worry about a speck in your friends

eye when you have a log in your own?

This one scripture lets us know where we are or

where we aren't, as far as being humble.

When we are really walking in humility, our

relationships with others changes, and we

overlook the faults of others because we can

see our own faults vividly. If we are always finding

fault with everyone and everything around us, its

time we go back to the above scripture and see

ourselves as God's sees us. God tells us that

humility is the path to greatness and His promise

to us is that He will bless the humble. I don't know

about others I still have a ways to go, but I claim the

promises and will continue to make greatness of

humility my goal. As a Christians we can do nothing

less if we want to fulfill the role that God has for us.

Dear Lord Jesus thank you for your love,

your sacrifice for us. Lord, thank you

that you did not leave us comfortless

thank you that that we don't have to walk

the Christian walk blindly, thank you that

you gave your Word as our map of life.

Help us Lord to be pleasing to you and

put on the cloak of true humility not

not false humility filled with selfish pride.

Thank you Lord that you are taking us from

glory to glory as we seek you in all that

we do. In Jesus name I pray.

Amen & Amen.

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