Day 8 "Yet You Wear Humility"
Posture of Humility
Good Morning Beauties!
“And Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’” Luke 23:34 (ESV)
There will never be a more perfect example of humility. After humiliation, rejection, and torture, with a pending undeserved death on a cross, Jesus had his persecutors (us) on his mind. His selfless love asks God the Father to forgive those who had sinned against him…once again that means us.
Could we ever be so humble? It’s surely something we can strive for with the help of the Holy Spirit. Scripture shows us the way in Jesus’ two commandments. “‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’ Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:36-39 (NIV)
A simple definition of pride is, “Continual thought on self” When we focus our lives on our love for Jesus and our love for others, we relinquish the focus on ourselves and grow in humility.
How are you doing in this area of your life? Take a moment to assess the amount of time you spend each day thinking of Jesus, others, and yourself. What are those percentages? How will you intentionally move more of your time thinking of yourself to the other two categories? Selah.
I was once moved by a song with the lyrics, “I want to leave a legacy, how will they remember me? Did I choose to love, did I point to you (Jesus) enough?” The words motivated me to make my whole life about Jesus, so once I was gone, people would say, “Kendra really loved Jesus and lived her life for him.”
A new song has replaced this way of thinking for me. “Only Jesus” by Casting Crowns contains a deeper message of humility. “And I, I don’t want to leave a legacy. I don’t care if they remember me, only Jesus.” See the difference? Let’s go deeper in our desire to lay down our lives, so we vanish and people will see only Jesus. Are you in? Selah.
Love and Blessings,
Kendra
“ I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”