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                                    "Igniting soul's through the proclamation of Jesus Christ".



Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a situation where you know you're right is to humble yourself before someone who you know is wrong.  Humility is a characteristic that denotes Godliness, loving your neighbor as yourself.  Humility is unselfishness, it is selflessness.  Humility is decreasing so that He might increase in us.  Humility is the opposite of the devilish spirit so prevalent in the world today, one that exalts self to the point of excluding and denying others' rights to be acknowledged.

 

Focus in the Word: "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up." (James 4:10)

 

God looks at the inward man, the intent of the heart.  Our focus scripture today reminds us that if we humble ourselves in God's sight, He will lift us up, in His time!  We don't need to promote ourselves in order to gain respect or to be noticed, we don't need to make others look bad so we will look good in the eyes of those who have authority over us.  God is the One who promotes, He causes us to be seen and our good works and deeds acknowledged in His time and according to His purposes.

 

Let us Pray: "Father, we want to thank You for the many blessings You have poured into our life.  Thank You most of all Father, for the gift of Your Son and our Savior, Jesus.  Father, forgive us for not displaying humility as often as we could.  Father, how can we thank you?  You have lavished Your grace upon us in Jesus.  You have promised us victory and heaven.  We praise You for Your grace.  Help us to recognize each opportunity to exercise humility that You would be glorified in us.  Lord, we want to please You more than anything, we trust You with our life.  We thank You for sharing Your glory with us.  We rejoice knowing that You long to bless us.  Now, dear Father, help each of us through Your Holy Spirit to be the faithful person You long for us to be, in humility.  And in Jesus' Name we do pray.  Amen."



The true worshiper delights to be in the presence of God and yearns to be with God in worship.  This worshiper trusts fully in God as his source of strength, hope, victory, and joy.  Many stories can be told of people who have allowed themselves to be abased only to find that in time God promotes or lifts them up in a way that they never had expected.  In most instances all it takes is a silent tongue even in the face of persecution an act of humility in the sight of God.  When we deny ourselves the right to justify our actions or to brag on our accomplishments, God can easily be seen in us and through us and He is exalted.  His reward may not even be seen in this lifetime, but His reward will be great, He Will take care of us!



"Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.  But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another."  Notice that God is the one who promotes, all He expects from us is living a life of humble obedience before Him.  He'll take care of the rest.  Humble yourselves in the sight of God, and He will lift you up.  Amen?



"For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.  I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." (Psalm 84:10) 

 

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