Humility: Gateway to all God’s Graces
(An excerpt from the book The Humility Factor)
In
God’s kingdom, your ascension is limited by your ability to be humbled. Every
person has a “humility threshold.” It is defined as what point your pride will
not allow you to be humbled, to serve, to kneel, and to worship the only true
God. How far can you go in not defending your reputation? How long can you
labor in obscurity? How hard can you work when others get the credit? How much
time and money can you give without grimacing? Here is a good one: how long can
you maintain a relationship with a friend who all of a sudden becomes immensely
successful? Can you congratulate him for his new found influence or
prosperity? Or are you pressed with
jealousy and envy?
Likewise, ye
younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to
another, and be clothed with humility: for
God resisteth the proud, and giveth Grace to the humble. Humble yourselves
therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (1 Peter 5:5-7, emphasis
added)
This passage is of
critical importance because it spells out the basis upon which God dispenses
His Grace. He gives Grace to the humble.
Humility is the gateway to all God’s Graces. Grace is indispensable for living the Christian life.
Any stronghold of sin in our lives is related to some pride issue. In other
words: to live in humility is to live in victory because it brings in God’s
wonderful Grace to overcome temptation and adversity.
Conversely,
God’s resistance to pride allows for sin to maintain a foothold in our being.
It allows for situations to overwhelm us. God’s resistance to our pride makes
us vulnerable to Satan’s wiles.
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