“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.”
Philippians 2:3 NLT
I must say this is the greatest challenge! We are a selfish generation! Everything is viewed through the lense of me.
Jesus spent much time teaching His disciples humility, servanthood, forgiveness, and giving. We need to be disciples in the same way. That is why we have the Holy Spirit and scripture. Our role is to craft an ear that hears and a heart that obeys.
Often, I will sense a trouble-making spirit in the house. It attempts to cause fights among us. By resisting him we become closer. After all, it is our flesh that becomes annoyed, not our spirit. If we become annoyed we can recognise the areas we need to work on and yield to the Lord.
Yesterday, I returned from college with red marks through some of my homework. One of my flatmates is my tutor. Initially when this happened I was miffed with my tutor. However, when I told her she humbly went to work to show me the big picture. I respect that! My flesh was proud and was not impressed with being wrong. Turns out I wasn’t as either answer would have been right, however, the teacher had his set way of teaching.
It was my turn to be humble and I was. My tutor then gave me a wonderful resource for college that I could share with the class. This I did and received much gratitude. All because of my tutor who is a good, humble woman.
Learning to be humble and not proud is a good lesson indeed!
No comments:
Post a Comment