The elderly deacon was encouraging a young, yet very
successful, entrepreneur to pray and surrender his life to the
Lord. Arrogantly he said, “There’s no need for me to pray. I
have everything I can imagine. I am young, handsome and rich.
What else is there?”
“Well,” replied the man graciously, “there’s
at least one more thing to consider. You may want to think about
asking God for humility.”
It is fascinating to recall the fact that God
created the universe out of nothing and that unless we are
willing to become nothing, the Lord will be unable to make
anything significant out of us. Pride is a destructive force in
so many lives.
When we come to believe that we deserve what we have
and become self-centered and self-serving, we are creating an
attitude of self-dependence and not God-dependence. We forget the
fact that whatever we have we have by the grace of God, and that
our abilities to accomplish anything and everything come from
Him. When this happens we tend to become greedy and forget our
responsibility to honor God with everything that we have.
The cure for being self-centered and self-serving is
humility. Humility shows that we are submissive and dependent on
God and that we approach Him in meekness and respect. David said
that the “Lord leads the humble in what is right.” God can
only lead the humble.
Prayer: Father, we need Your
leadership in our lives. Without Your guidance and direction we
may achieve much but we will miss the great things You have for
us. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Scripture for Today: James 4:6 But
He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
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