‘We should experience delight for having heard God
speak, but mostly humiliation for having taken so long to hear Him! Then we
will exclaim, “How slow I have been to listen and understand what God has been
telling me!” And yet God has been saying it for days and even weeks. But once
you hear Him, He gives you the gift of
humiliation, which brings a softness of heart— a gift that will always
cause you to listen to God now.’ CHAMBERS
When you think of humiliation, was do you think
of? Embarrassment, shame … the word has a negative connotation in our
culture. To be humiliated is to be put
down in the eyes of those around you. No
one likes that. But what we are talking
about here is humility … having a humble spirit … not proud … Micah 6:8 declares
that what God expects of us it to love mercy, to act justly, and to walk humbly
with God. We don’t have to prove our
worth to men, Jesus proved our worth to God on the cross. We should walk in the knowledge of that. It doesn’t really matter what the world
thinks of us as Christians … weak minded, inflexible, deluded … remember, the
world rejected Jesus .. and spiritual matters are foolishness to those who do
not follow Christ. We should live in the
knowledge of that.
We are humble because we know whom we have
believed and are persuaded that He is able to keep that which we have committed
to Him. (2
Timothy 1:12). We can take credit for nothing ... God has given us capacity and opportunity ... everything is from Him ...
2
Corinthians 4:8-10 “We are hard pressed on every side, but
not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned;
struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of
Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.”
Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God alone)
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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