Humility

 1 Peter 5:6 ESV

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 


Humility isn't timidity. Humility certainly isn't anxiety. In the very next verse the Apostle Peter tells us to leave our anxieties with God.

Pride is celebrated in the world today. Humility is equated with weakness. Yet it is pride that is moral weakness, whereas to be humble takes spiritual strength.

Peter echoes the words of his Lord. Those who humble themselves will assuredly be exalted. When Peter denied his Lord, he humbled himself with bitter tears, and his Lord restored him gently to be an Apostle of the church.

The opposite of this verse is true too. Pride goes before a fall. We're to humble ourselves before the Almighty.

'Sovereign God, we humble ourselves before your majesty. Please graciously exalt us in your time, in Christ's name we pray, amen'.

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