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Issues of Life Series…
‘Humility’ or, ‘The Call to Fall’
Last
week we addressed the issue of ‘pride’
Pride….
a problem in all of us.
Pride
A
turtle in Canada wanted to
winter in Florida.
Since it was too far to walk, he convinced two geese to tie a rope around their
necks and fly south while he hung on with his vise-like jaws
clamped
onto the rope.
As
they crossed the river into Kentucky,
some other geese joined the formation. impressed with the getup, one said,
“Hey, who thought up that brilliant idea?”
The
turtle immediately opened his mouth to say,
“I
did…” and fell to his death.
the old Mac Davis song
Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble
when you’re perfect in every way.
I can’t wait to look in the mirror
’cos I get better looking each day
to know me is to love me
I must be a really great man.
O Lord it’s hard to be humble
but I’m doing the best that I can.
Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble
when you’re perfect in every way.
I can’t wait to look in the mirror
’cos I get better looking each day
to know me is to love me
I must be a really great man.
O Lord it’s hard to be humble
but I’m doing the best that I can.
Mirror
Mirror on the wall.
Who’s
the most humble of us all?
To
know know know me
is
to love love love me
and
I do,
yes
I do
The Call to Fall.
If
My people who are called by My Name
·
Humble
themselves
·
Pray
·
Seek
my face
·
Turn
from their wicked ways
Then
·
I
will hear
·
Forgive
·
Heal
The Bible says:
·
‘He guides the humble in
what is right’
Psalm 25:9
·
‘Be completely humble
and gentle’
Ephesians 4:2
·
‘Humble yourselves before
the Lord’
James 4:10
1 Humility is a Proper Attitude of Dependence
upon and submission to God
Re-Actions
to that statement
·
Anger
·
Apathy
·
Acting
·
Acceptance
We
must allow God to be in control
We
must release the urge to believe that we are in control.
We
must relinquish the illusion that we are in control.
We
the ‘finite’ must come to terms with submitting and surrendering ourselves to
the control of the ‘infinite’.
2 Humility is trusting Him
During
the days when Mohammed Ali was a
great boxer, he would go around in his arrogance and say, "I am the greatest."
Humility
was never his strong suit.
One
day, back in his prime, he was on an airplane and the plane was ready to take
off and the flight attendant had repeatedly told him to put on his seat belt.
He finally told her, "I’m superman
and superman don’t need no seatbelt."
The
flight attendant didn’t hesitate a minute but shot back with, "Superman don’t need no airplane
either, now buckle up."
·
Humility is an exclusively Jewish
virtue.
The
ancient philosophers admired self-reliance.
·
Humility was decidedly not on their
list of virtues.
1 Humility is a proper Attitude of Dependence
upon and submission to God
2 Humility is trusting Him
3 Humility is a Discipline!
Aristotle
‘Humility
is the middle ground between anger and indifference.’
Humility is:
More
than an attitude
·
It’s
an attitude in Action
If My People:
·
Humble
themselves
·
Pray
·
Seek
my face
·
Turn
from their wicked ways
Then I will
·
Hear
their prayer
·
Forgive
their sins
·
Heal
their land
In
order to be:
Ø Heard
Ø Forgiven
Ø Healed
We
must be faithful consistent in:
Ø Turning
Ø Seeking
Ø Praying
and
the key is being humble.
Now…..
let’s look at a proto-type of how not to be humble
The Five ‘I Wills’
·
I
will ascend to heaven
·
I
will raise my throne above the stars of God
·
I
will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly on the utmost heights of the sacred
mountain
·
I
will ascend above the tops of the clouds
·
I
will make myself like the Most High.
·
Model
of perfection
·
Full
of wisdom
·
Perfect
in beauty
·
Blameless in your ways
·
Your
heart became proud
on account of your beauty
·
you
corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendor
Lesson
1
Be humble, it’s not about you
2 Beware of ‘wisdom – beauty’
3
Be careful
·
I
will ascend to heaven
·
I
will raise my throne above the stars of God
·
I
will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly on the utmost heights of the sacred
mountain
·
I
will ascend above the tops of the clouds
·
I
will make myself like the Most High.
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