These days, people are afraid to admit wrong or unveil a weakness, and instead let themselves move to a position of pride. How often do you hear someone around you admit they were wrong or made a mistake? When was the last time you admitted such things? Just think about your own social or professional life. Humility is not seen as a positive trait-it’s seen as a weakness-and in a lot of cases, humility is seen as a flaw that should be avoided at all costs. Culturally, we’ve moved further away from God’s ways and instead placed focus on the world’s ways. “The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit” (Psalm 34:18).Įven if we believe we’re being humble, it’s often difficult in our current society to show as much humility as the Lord would like. He wants us to realize and confess our helplessness, our sinfulness, and our complete need for Him in our lives and we can do exactly that, regardless of the depth of the flaw, since we know God will never reject those who come to Him with a humble spirit: That’s what He wants to see abiding in our hearts. It’s to ask God for His forgiveness and to trust Him for His guidance. To be humble is to realize how weak we are, how helpless we are to change the course of our lives in our own power. Scripture says, “ God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). But there’s an important step each of us must still take to access the mercy and grace that His death affords us. This was done to reestablish our relationship with God. We know that Jesus died for our sins and our human faults.
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