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Humility is the Key to success and longevity

Proverbs 16:18 says, "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall."

Today the word of God is warning us that if a person is too proud and thinks too highly of him or herself, you should know that person is heading toward problems and failure. The Bible often warns against pride because it makes people blind, unaware of their mistakes and weaknesses, leading them to make bad decisions that can harm them.

So today let us learn why you must be humble:

1. Humility Leads to Wisdom
Proverbs 11:2 says, "When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom." This means that people who are humble are open to learning from others and from their experiences. They understand that they don’t know everything and are willing to listen and grow. In contrast, proud people often think they are always right and do not listen to advice, which leads to mistakes and shame.

A humble person might ask for help when they don’t understand something, leading to better results. On the other hand, a proud person might refuse help and make a big mistake because they thought they knew everything.

2. Humility brings God’s Favor
James 4:6 says, "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble." This verse means that God helps and supports those who are humble but stands against those who are proud. Being humble means recognizing that we need God and other people. It means we don’t think we are better than everyone else. When we are humble, we rely on God’s strength and wisdom instead of our own.

3. Promotion and honor
Proverbs 15:33 says, "Humility comes before honor." And 1 Peter 5:6 says, "Humble yourselves under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time." These verses mean that if we are humble, God will raise us up and honor us at the right time. When we don’t seek to elevate ourselves but instead stay humble, God sees our humility and rewards us.

Someone who works hard quietly and does not seek attention may be promoted and recognized by their boss because of their humility and dedication. Meanwhile, someone who always boasts about their work might be overlooked because their pride is off-putting.

4. Humility brings unity and love
Philippians 2:3-4 says, "In humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." A humble person cares about other people and their needs. Humility makes us put others first and work together better. When we are humble, we don’t act selfishly or think we are more important than others.

For instance, in a team project, a humble person might listen to everyone’s ideas and help others succeed, which makes the whole team perform better.

5. Protection Against Trouble
Proverbs 16:18 teaches that pride leads to trouble, but humility keeps us safe. Psalm 18:27 says, "You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty." Being humble can protect us from making big mistakes and getting into trouble. When we are humble, we are more likely to recognize our limits and ask for help, avoiding many problems.

If a humble person is unsure about a task, they might seek advice and avoid making a costly error. In contrast, a proud person might refuse help, make a big mistake, and face serious consequences.

Humility helps us learn and become wise. It brings us closer to God and His help. It leads to being honoured by God in due time. Humility helps us get along with others and work well together. Finally, it protects us from the trouble and mistakes that come from being too proud. By being humble, we can live better lives and receive God's blessings.

Prayer: Lord, touch my heart, remove all the pride and arrogance. Melt my heart and make me humble. I surrender my life to the leadership of the Holy Spirit so he may teach and transform me to be a humble and wise person.

Receive God's word With humility and respect

"And he said to me, 'Son of man, receive in your heart all my words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears.' Ezekiel 3:10

God loves us very much, and everything He says and commands is for our own benefit. However, the biggest problem for today's Christians is that they only want to hear certain kinds of words. Even when they attend church services and listen to God's teachings, they come with expectations of hearing specific things.

The Word of God says, "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16." When you go to church or attend a service, you should go with humility and a heart ready to receive the word that God will speak through His servants. Do not go to a service with your criteria of what you want to hear or who you want to hear from. Go to church to hear God only.

God said in the book of "Isaiah 66:2 ...but this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word." We should always receive God's word with respect and humility. Do not oppose God's word or criticize the preaching during sermons. Do not think you know more than what is being read and taught. Be humble and listen to the teaching; you will learn many things.

What should you do if the person reading God's word is not righteous, and their actions do not align with God's word? Jesus told His disciples about the Pharisees, "So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. Matthew 23:3." Do not refuse to listen to God's word because the person reading and preaching it, is a sinner. You should be receptive to God's message, regardless of the preacher's personal righteousness, as long as what he preaches aligns with the Bible. Listen to the word of God, and leave preacher's personal life aside.

But be cautious not to listen to false teachings. Those who teach false doctrines are known by the things they say, which are not found in the Bible, and some use God's word for their own benefit. But for you child of God, you have the Holy Spirit within you, He will show you what is true so that you can hold on to it.

When you go to church, go with humility and listen to God's word with humility. Do not just want to hear pleasant things. Some of you only want to hear about prosperity, you want to hear God will bless you financially, you will get a house, a car. Those are the kind of things Christians of today want to hear.

But listen, if the word admonishes and rebukes you, accept it and repent. Listen to the word of God carefully especially when it correct you, because true prosperity and blessings comes only when we obey Gods word. Tomorrow, I will talk to you about the consequences of not listening to God's word.

Prayer: O LORD, I ask for Your mercy for every time I didn't have humility in me to respect and receive Your word. I pray that You give me obedience and humility in my heart so that I may hear and receive Your word. Amen.

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

?‍♂ All of Grace in collaboration with Allos of Christ

Chapter 6
CONCERNING DELIVERANCE FROM SINNING

IN THIS PLACE I would say a plain word or two to those who understand the method of justification by faith which is in Christ Jesus, but whose trouble is that they cannot cease from sin. We can never be happy, restful, or spiritually healthy till we become holy. We must be rid of sin; but how is the riddance to be wrought? This is the life-or-death question of many. The old nature is very strong, and they have tried to curb and tame it; but it will not be subdued, and they find themselves, though anxious to be better, if anything growing worse than before. The heart is so hard, the will is so obstinate, the passions are so furious, the thoughts are so volatile, the imagination is so ungovernable, the desires are so wild, that the man feels that he has a den of wild beasts within him, which will eat him up sooner than be ruled by him. We may say of our fallen nature what the Lord said to Job concerning Leviathan: "Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?" A man might as well hope to hold the north wind in the hollow of his hand as expect to control by his own strength those boisterous powers which dwell within his fallen nature. This is a greater feat than any of the fabled labors of Hercules: God is wanted here.

"I could believe that Jesus would forgive sin," says one, "but then my trouble is that I sin again, and that I feel such awful tendencies to evil within me. As surely as a stone, if it be flung up into the air, soon comes down again to the ground, so do I, though I am sent up to heaven by earnest preaching, return again to my insensible state.
Alas ! I am easily fascinated with the basilisk eyes of sin, and am thus held as under a spell, so that I cannot escape from my own folly."

Dear friend, salvation would be a sadly incomplete affair if it did not deal with this part of our ruined estate. We want to be purified as well as pardoned. Justification without sanctification would not be salvation at all. It would call the leper clean, and leave him to die of his disease; it would forgive the rebellion and allow the rebel to remain an enemy to his king. It would remove the consequences but overlook the cause, and this would leave an endless and hopeless task before us. It would stop the stream for a time, but leave an open fountain of defilement, which would sooner or later break forth with increased power. Remember that the Lord Jesus came to take away sin in three ways; He came to remove the penalty of sin, the power of sin, and, at last, the presence of sin. At once you may reach to the second part—the power of sin may immediately be broken; and so you will be on the road to the third, namely, the removal of the presence of sin. "We know that he was manifested to take away our sins."

Author: C. H. Spurgeon
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To Be Continued Tomorrow..