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)
Humility is the state of a heart that has surrendered.
Place yourself in God’s hand. Give up any rights you feel are yours. He wishes
to exalt you above whatever you have imagined, but you don’t achieve honor by
feigning humility. Become less so He can be more.
Dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one
another, for God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
—1 Peter 5:5 (NLT)
Become less so another person might become more. Put on
humility until it becomes a state of your heart. Dress yourself in humility for
your relationships to thrive. God opposes a prideful spirit that insists on his
or her right. He gives grace when you have nothing to prove. You are free to
lay down your life because He laid His life for you.
Instead be kind to each other, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
—Ephesians 4:32 (NLT)
Two need to share their feelings; two need to lay down
their preconceptions; two need to be willing to listen. A relationship is only
worth how much two people work at it. If it lies dormant, that relationship
will die. Open, honest, and even painful at times, that relationship can
thrive. But there is something that only requires one person to do. One person
must first be willing to become less.
For the Lord delights in his people; he crowns the
humble with victory.
—Psalm 149:4 (NLT).
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 describe because He gave
His life for you.
© 2018 Lynn Lacher
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