God has really been challenging me in understanding humility for quite some time. As I read Taylor's rules I knew without yet reading the others that number one would be the one that comes most difficult to me. The following words from the devotion struck me the deepest, "Humility does not consist in critizing yourself, or wearing ragged clothes, or walking around submissively wherever you go. Humility consists in a realistic opinion of yourself, namely, that you are an unworthy person." So often in order to try to humble myself I will end up degrading myself. God never called us to think lesser of myself only to realize that I am a sinner. Knowledge and understanding of God's grace is what should bring humility.
The rule that comes most easily to me is to lift people up in encouragement. I don't want to tear people down with my words, but rather build them up especially their weaknesses.
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