Humility Disarms Critics

Humility is a virtue that the Bible encourages every christian to possess. Possession of right values determines the greatness of a person. To become honoured, you must have honoured others.

Man is God's creature, but the way he honours him shows that he is humble. No one can have strong relationship with God without being humble. With humility we can gain many things spiritually and physically.

It takes humility to submit ourselves to the word of God and to become a likeable person who is favoured by people.

No one in church should think he is wiser than others. Isaiah said "the meek shall increase in their joy in the Lord".That is, to increase your joy increase your humility.
Respect is unconditional,every relationship we have with people we fare better when we ar humble.

Let us look at a few men of God whose words and deeds reveal their humility.

Abraham answered, "Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes”. He knew his limitations before God as human being. Humans tend to think that they are wise before God, but great minds think otherwise. It is an act of foolishness to think or act as if we are more than who we are.

Joseph answered Pharaoh, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer". He attributed the source of his wisdom to God. He refused to arrogate any power to himself that he is a good interpreter of dreams, other than God.

Solomon replied God, “And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in”.
He had already been crowned but he admitted his limitations before God. We ought to honour God in all things by seeing Him as the source of everything. To ask and receive requires humility, and the good news is that He has everything in His possession.

Christ confessed his humility saying,

“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”^{Matthew 11:29}

And we can confirm his humility when he said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” and in another vein, he said, “Not my will, but your will" despite the pain he was about to go through. Even when he was being nailed to the cross he said, “Father forgive them!..."

Apostle Paul succinctly described Christ's humility, saying,

“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality With God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross." Phil.2:5-8

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Be Humble And Live A Christ-Like Life

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