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How to Humble Yourself

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Mary Lowman에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 Mary Lowman 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.
Let me start with quoting this admonition from God’s Word: 1 Peter 5:5b-6: God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Luke 14:11: For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Notice that there are promises given in these two passages for those who are willing to humble themselves. They will be lifted up and they will be exalted. No doubt the average person would not connect being humble with being lifted up and exalted, but this is the upside-down truth for us as followers of Christ. Living for Jesus is often swimming upstream as to what our culture would tell us. Frequently we are called to live counter-cultural lives but it’s not a call to a dreadful life or a weird life. It’s a call to be lifted; to find true lasting joy and even to be exalted, as Jesus told us. We typically think that God is the one who exalts or humbles us. If we’re humbled or if we’re exalted, we think it will be God who does it. But Jesus said we must humble ourselves. Have you ever intentionally tried to humble yourself? Is that something on your to-do list? “Today I will humble myself?” Very few Christians ever take this literally and seriously. But there is great benefit for those who do. In addition to being lifted up and exalted, here are some further promises for those who humble themselves: God gives you grace. James 4:6: “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (ESV). God guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. Psalm 25:9: He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way (ESV). God crowns the humble with salvation. Psalm 149:4: For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation (ESV). With humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2: When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom (ESV). You will be greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 18:4: Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven (ESV). So, for all kinds of good reasons we should learn how to humble ourselves. But how do we do that? How do we humble ourselves when our natural instincts are to be number one? How do we humble ourselves when we fear that others will take advantage of us if we are humble? What does it mean to humble yourself and how do you do it? First, let’s consider what it does NOT mean to be humble: It does not mean that you walk around with your head hung low, looking pitiful. It does not mean that you run yourself down. It does not mean that you cannot be ambitious or successful. It does not mean that you can’t be the best at what you do. It does not mean that you can never be number one Furthermore, humility and ambition can co-exist very nicely. Look at some people in the Bible who were ambitious: Abraham was ambitious to go to a land where God was sending him, and God calls him the father of our faith. Noah was ambitious to build an ark that took over one hundred years to complete. David was ambitious to defeat Goliath. Esther was ambitious to save her people from extinction. Ruth was ambitious to save her mother-in-law and herself. Jesus was ambitious to do the Father’s will. The Apostle Paul was ambitious to spread the Gospel throughout the world. Without ambitions and goals and visions, we don’t do anything—we perish! It’s not wrong to be ambitious and want to succeed. Here are three reasons every Christian should have great ambitions: We are created by God and from the beginning God had a plan for his creation. He told Adam to “Fill the earth and subdue it.” That is definitely ambitious. Jesus told us, his followers, to go into all the world and make disciples. That is an ambition every believer should take seriously. Paul wrote to the Ephesians that we are God’s workmanship,
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How to Humble Yourself

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Mary Lowman에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 Mary Lowman 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.
Let me start with quoting this admonition from God’s Word: 1 Peter 5:5b-6: God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Luke 14:11: For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Notice that there are promises given in these two passages for those who are willing to humble themselves. They will be lifted up and they will be exalted. No doubt the average person would not connect being humble with being lifted up and exalted, but this is the upside-down truth for us as followers of Christ. Living for Jesus is often swimming upstream as to what our culture would tell us. Frequently we are called to live counter-cultural lives but it’s not a call to a dreadful life or a weird life. It’s a call to be lifted; to find true lasting joy and even to be exalted, as Jesus told us. We typically think that God is the one who exalts or humbles us. If we’re humbled or if we’re exalted, we think it will be God who does it. But Jesus said we must humble ourselves. Have you ever intentionally tried to humble yourself? Is that something on your to-do list? “Today I will humble myself?” Very few Christians ever take this literally and seriously. But there is great benefit for those who do. In addition to being lifted up and exalted, here are some further promises for those who humble themselves: God gives you grace. James 4:6: “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (ESV). God guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. Psalm 25:9: He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way (ESV). God crowns the humble with salvation. Psalm 149:4: For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation (ESV). With humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2: When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom (ESV). You will be greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 18:4: Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven (ESV). So, for all kinds of good reasons we should learn how to humble ourselves. But how do we do that? How do we humble ourselves when our natural instincts are to be number one? How do we humble ourselves when we fear that others will take advantage of us if we are humble? What does it mean to humble yourself and how do you do it? First, let’s consider what it does NOT mean to be humble: It does not mean that you walk around with your head hung low, looking pitiful. It does not mean that you run yourself down. It does not mean that you cannot be ambitious or successful. It does not mean that you can’t be the best at what you do. It does not mean that you can never be number one Furthermore, humility and ambition can co-exist very nicely. Look at some people in the Bible who were ambitious: Abraham was ambitious to go to a land where God was sending him, and God calls him the father of our faith. Noah was ambitious to build an ark that took over one hundred years to complete. David was ambitious to defeat Goliath. Esther was ambitious to save her people from extinction. Ruth was ambitious to save her mother-in-law and herself. Jesus was ambitious to do the Father’s will. The Apostle Paul was ambitious to spread the Gospel throughout the world. Without ambitions and goals and visions, we don’t do anything—we perish! It’s not wrong to be ambitious and want to succeed. Here are three reasons every Christian should have great ambitions: We are created by God and from the beginning God had a plan for his creation. He told Adam to “Fill the earth and subdue it.” That is definitely ambitious. Jesus told us, his followers, to go into all the world and make disciples. That is an ambition every believer should take seriously. Paul wrote to the Ephesians that we are God’s workmanship,
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