SOLEMN WHISPER DEVOTIONAL

Friday, 4th September, 2020

HUMILITY, THE WATCH WORD

(1 Peter 5:5; Phi. 2:3-8)

MEMORY VERSE: “And you who are younger must follow your leaders. But all of you, leaders and followers alike, are to be down to earth with each other, for God has had it with the proud, but takes delight in just plain people.” (1 Peter 5:5- MSG).

Humility is the disposition of your heart, that doesn't forget where you are coming from but acknowledges where you are today, it accepts the need for improvements and still knows that you are not the only one on that journey. Humility will not permit you to notice your importance at the expense of others, because you will continually see yourself as only an effective member of the body of Christ.

The devil, who was Lucifer, was not always the devil; he never planned to become the devil at first, but he became who he is today because he lost the virtue of humility. 1 Peter 5:5 tells us of how God takes the responsibility upon Himself to resist the proud. Meaning that a proud person does not just have the devil to contend with – God will also be a wall of resistance against such a person.

Come to think of it, if God (in the person of our Lord Jesus) was humble enough to be a man – suffered and died the death of a criminal – what excuse do you think you will have to be proud? In the kingdom of God, the greatest are the most humble. Jesus said in Matt 23:11 that  he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Humility is not only beneficial to the people under you, it is even more beneficial to you at a higher position. Because it will determine which direction your next move will be, up or down.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for your word to me. I ask that you open my eyes, that I may see myself through the lens of your eyes and not through the eyes of pride in Jesus' Name. Amen.

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By Imoko Lubem