Be humble or you will stumble
He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of thecross. (Philippians 2:5-8)
Jesus Humbled himself, not God humbled him, or He did’nt Pray for God to Humble him. He knew Humility is a choice and he can wear it.
Humility comes from the Latin word humilis, which literally means low. freedom from pride or arrogance.
Pride is your greatest enemy, humility is your greatest friend”
The number one evil in God’s black book is pride.
1 Peter 5:5 – ‘clothe yourselves with humility’
Its our choice whether to wear humility or not .God gives Grace to the Humble . therefore the exhortation is not merely to wear the garment of lowly-mindedness, veiling all other graces, but specifically to put on the badge of menial service.
First sin was Because of Pride in heaven , Lucifer wanted to be god. So Jesus showed the world how to be exalted, by opposite humility God hates pride. Pride separates us from Him. Humility Brings us closer to God. Pride kicked Lucifer from heaven and God’s presence . Lucifer knew he was beautiful, powerful, and smart. His wonderful qualities caused him to become proud. He was no longer content with the gifts God had given him. He wanted more. He wanted a throne that would be higher than all the other angels. Being in God’s presence was no longer enough for him. Lucifer wanted to be as great as God! Five times, Lucifer said “I will” – “I will be lifted up; I will be like the Most High God.” Lucifer wanted to rob God of the praise that ONLY God deserves. There is a three-letter word for this heart attitude. Ask: Does anyone know the word? The word is SIN.
Lucifer’s journey from Light Bearer to satan ( enemy) because of Pride. Shaitan in Arabic means Distant, Far away .
Jesus’s Journey from Servant To the Lord ( mighty name above all name) because of Humility.
I remember an incident during my Bible College years , I was on fire for God and wanted to preach the Gospel everywhere. I went for my summer vacation and attended a Church in New York. After the church service I told the Assistant Pastor I am a Bible College student and I have some free time during summer and I can offer my service to the church. In the back of my mind I thought I will get to preach in the youth meetings of their Church.
The Pastor was very happy and told me he was praying that God will send someone to help him clean the church and do some gardening work. He said follow me, I thought he is showing me my office, but he showed me the Janitor’s closet and told me to clean the church.
It was truly humbling experience as I smiled and started to clean the church. Following Friday was youth meeting and I thought now the Pastor will give me an opportunity to preach , but to my surprise he didn’t give me a chance . I was cleaning and setting everything for the service. After the service I cleaned everything. Two weeks went by and I just started to clean the church and premises and forgot about the thought about preaching.
This was my last week at the church as my summer vacation was coming to the end and I needed to go back to my Bible College.
The Pastor called me in his office and told me there is a big youth celebration service on Friday and 3 more churches youths will be coming together. I said praise God and how can I help ,how can I set up the church? The Pastor smiled and told me , ‘ You are preaching at this big youth meeting’! I couldn’t believe what I heard , I asked him to repeat and he said louder, you are preaching. I felt like crying, I told him please excuse me and I went in the Janitor’s room and cried . Here two weeks before I was trying to exalt myself . Even though I would have got opportunity to preach it would have been just for that local church youth. But when I humbled myself , God gave me opportunity to Preach at youth celebration in front of many youths from around the city.
That service which I preached was powerful many were touched and really I felt God’s power flowing in that place.
So today you might be trying to exalt yourself, just Humble yourself before God and let Him exalt you.
Let your life journey be not like Lucifer, from Archangel to Satan, but let it be like Jesus from Servant to the king of kings .
Pastor Jeevan Dhale
