HUMILITY IN GREATNESS
Sirach 3:18-19
The greater you are, the more humble you must be,
And you will find grace before the Lord;
Because great is the power of the Lord,
And He is honored by the humble.
Personal Challenge
It is our human nature to strive to do well, to be great at what we do. Unfortunately, our cultural expectation is that the better I get at what I do, the more people should honor me, respect me, pay me for that greatness. This is evidenced all around us in our professional athletes, our politicians, those in the entertainment world, and our workplaces. In many cases, it has even made it into our churches. However, the scriptures inform us that the greater we are in our accomplishments, the more humble we must become if we are to find grace in our Lord. To receive His grace to its fullest extent we need to humble ourselves before Him and our fellow man. Once again, the teachings of our Lord
are so contrary to the ways of man but isn't this what He did for us. He humbled himself being the eternal Son of God and became incarnate in the very essence of that which He created so that He might save us from the grip that death had on us. That is the ultimate gift of love and humility. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner!
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