Lowering to the Humble Spirit, Part 1 (TMF:2126)

Monday, July 03, 2023
Peace to Live By: Lowering to the Humble Spirit, Part 1 (TMF:2126) - Daniel Litton
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       Next James tells us, “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you” (4:10, ESV). Yes, this is what has to take place—lowering oneself to that humble spirit—if we are going to change from moving in the wrong direction to moving in the right direction. What does it mean to humble ourselves? We could say that to make ourselves humble means to quiet our rebellion, to become respectful of God, to stop being bold in our own ways, to unfriend the world around us—the world’s ways. It is only in this way that we can truly become the person that God wants us to be. Humility has to occur if we want to receive the words God has to say to us. It is only when we are honest with ourselves that forward progress can be made. It is only then that God says, he himself says, he will exalt us. And why is this? Following God’s ways naturally exalts us because they are the correct ways, the most fruit ways.