TO BE HUMBLE, WE MUST LEARN TO LOVE

Many people today have the wrong attitude about the word humble.
They think that being humble equates with being weak. But to be humble often takes more mores strength and physical strength than reaction.
They wrongly seek power, prestige, and honor. Many families are torn apart because of the lack of humbleness. Many churches fail today because of the lack of a humble spirit. They become self centered, self honoring only worrying about what it will do for them and never once thinking about God.
 Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, Himself sets the example of humbleness in life.
He could have with a single word wiped the human race from the face of the world. But instead He humbled Himself to the point of:
1. being rejected by the people He loved
2. being falsely accused
3. being betrayed
4. being beaten while He was innocent
5. being hung on the cross, to pay for sins He had not committed, of dieing on the cross so that we would not have too.
He did all that when He did not have too.
Here was the Master who stripped down to His loin cloth and humbled Himself to be a servant and wash the feet of his disciples.
They did nothing to deserve that.
Jesus did not do it because He had to, or because they had done something to deserve it, He did it because he wanted too.
His love for us was so great that He wanted to do that for us.

He suffered pain and humiliation when He did not have to not because we were so great. He did it in spite of our flaws. He did it because of love.
Colossians 3:12, “…as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. James 4:10 says, “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.”

To be truly humble you must have the love of Christ.
The love that Jesus has for us will, if we allow the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us, allow us to completely obey God and then we can perform true service for God.
We must come to the realization that we can do nothing ourselves. John 5:19 “ the son can do nothing of himself”
Our pride prevents us from living our lives submissively to God.
We want to hold on to control and claim look at what I did.
We arrogantly think that we can accomplish everything without God.
We must set aside our will and seek God’s will for our lives. John 5:30b “I seek not mine own will but the will of the Father which has sent me”
We should make every decision in our live based on what God wants. But we too often make decision based on our anger, emotions, pride or what we want. We fail to humble ourselves and ask what would God want. We must realize that we are not to seek the honor in what we do but we are to humble ourselves and give the honor to God. John 5:41 “I receive not honor from Men”
To do this daily we must humble ourselves daily. We must put aside our pride and submit to God.

 How are we to react with the problems of life?
We are to be overflowing with Love.
When someone attacks you Love.
When someone falsely accuses you Love.
When someone irritates you Love.
When someone causes problems for you Love.
When someone hurts you Love.

TO BE HUMBLE, WE MUST LEARN TO LOVE!