Isaiah 38:15 ... I have had these troubles in my soul, so now I will be humble all my life.
Humble all his life? The speaker of this verse goes on to be prideful and ends up coming to destruction. Humility is a quality that I too want to have. I want it to show in my life.
Humility: a modest or low view of one's own importance OR the quality or state of not thinking you are better than other people.
I want to be humble before God, never thinking that I am better than He or that I have it all covered. I know that I am lost without Him, in more ways than one, but I also know that my knowledge of this does not always show in how my life is lived out. I am sure God often looks down on me and sees into my heart and knows that I am living in my own strength, that my human nature has taken over and I am trying to control my life.
Humble all my life? A lofty goal. But it is definitely how I desire to live, putting others before myself, serving as Jesus served, living with a constant awareness of His grace and mercy for me.
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