The Fruit of Humility
For Yahweh takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.
Psalms 149:4 HCSB
Ever woken up and had a realization that you had done something the day before that was arrogant? I did and do, often. Yesterday I was chasing a fiinalization of a transaction for a client and found it had not been done as I was told. I went into fix it mode. I had kept the name of the person who had said it would be done. I called and pressed the point. Today I realise this young man may not have had all the information and because of that I may have caused him grief. Today I must seek to rectify the situation. It starts with me humbling myself before my God and asking for mercy because I need it. I will get it if I am truly humble. God sees the heart and will not be manipulated. Now I also ask for a humble heart
The first road block is fear. But what if I own up and have to go back to the client with the fact that i had given the wrong information.? Yes I could lose the client, but then a young mans soul needs saving, he does not need to be abused for my mistake. He needs faith restoring.
Another stupid thing I did yesterday was a reply I made on Facebook to a post my son made. Rather than calling him and chatting about the fact that he had had a rough day I made light of it. Oh mercy Lord. How arrogant I can be at times. Why is this? Because I had spent the day in fix it mode and had become insensitive.
Fortunately the remedy is simple. Humility before my God is not expensive. It just costs me my pride and that is good, losing pride is always good. Amen! It produces fruit of righteousness.
Psalms 149:4 HCSB
Ever woken up and had a realization that you had done something the day before that was arrogant? I did and do, often. Yesterday I was chasing a fiinalization of a transaction for a client and found it had not been done as I was told. I went into fix it mode. I had kept the name of the person who had said it would be done. I called and pressed the point. Today I realise this young man may not have had all the information and because of that I may have caused him grief. Today I must seek to rectify the situation. It starts with me humbling myself before my God and asking for mercy because I need it. I will get it if I am truly humble. God sees the heart and will not be manipulated. Now I also ask for a humble heart
The first road block is fear. But what if I own up and have to go back to the client with the fact that i had given the wrong information.? Yes I could lose the client, but then a young mans soul needs saving, he does not need to be abused for my mistake. He needs faith restoring.
Another stupid thing I did yesterday was a reply I made on Facebook to a post my son made. Rather than calling him and chatting about the fact that he had had a rough day I made light of it. Oh mercy Lord. How arrogant I can be at times. Why is this? Because I had spent the day in fix it mode and had become insensitive.
Fortunately the remedy is simple. Humility before my God is not expensive. It just costs me my pride and that is good, losing pride is always good. Amen! It produces fruit of righteousness.
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