For the Lord delights in his people; he crowns the humble
with victory.
(Psalm 149:4, NLT)
When you humble yourself and give up anything in your life
that blocks the Lord’s presence, you invite His power into your life. When you
allow the trials of life to spiritually grow you into His beautiful creation,
you invite His victory. Instead of defeating you, those trials inspire you to
trust Him more. He crowns the humble with victory. “Humble yourselves under the
mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor” (1
Peter 5:6, NLT). His power is best understood in humility. Its greatest purpose
is found in humility.
When He completely owns your heart, pride is something that
is more easily defeated. Pride’s power to control your emotions and feelings
become less as He becomes more. When your life is about Him what you
spiritually see, perceive, hear, and understand is not yours to own. Your life
is His, and there is nothing for you to gain—nothing to prove—nothing to
declare that He can’t call into existence. When you lay everything down, you
become His instrument to use as He wills. When you humble yourself under His
Hand He uses you for His purpose—as He ordains. His power is greatest when revealed
through humbleness of heart. So humble yourself before Him—with nothing to
prove—with nothing but to live who He is in you, and to experience the joyful
delight of His freedom.
Discover His Spirit—alive in you setting you free from all
that you have thought yourself to be. Discover your true purpose is His to
direct—His to own. You are ready for the greatest abundance when you have been
pruned the most severely. You are ready for His greatest freedom when you are
willing to lay down all He has imparted—all you know He has given—and allow Him
to wash your feet. Stripped of all that stands in the way of His Hand upon you,
you are unhindered by need or perception or anything at all. He, who need not
become less for you, now has. You are His, and you realize that He has brought
you to a place of victory that you never imagined. At His feet you learn what
it means to be crowned with victory because He was willing to humble himself
for you. You know love full of glory that no word can write or describe because
He gave everything for you.
©2017 Lynn
Lacher
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