Humility

[If] My people on whom My Name is called are humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land. -2 Chronicles 7:14

Humility is a virtue which, upon being claimed, is immediately lost. It cannot be taken up at will. It cannot be turned on and off like a light switch. It is rather a blessing that comes not through your own efforts, but by the grace of God through His creation and discipline.

Humility is an attribute of those upon whom God has placed His Name. As such it belongs to, and is charactistic only of those whom He baptizes and teaches.

With the above in mind, what is humility? The definition at hand is this: a modest or low view of one's own importance.

If you take this definition in conjunction with your status as a creature and child of God, it is plainly apparent that you are not the boss you think you are. You do not have control over as many things as you think you do.

Humility never looks to itself, but comes from God, Who from the beginning has ordained that He be your only Hope, Help, and Comfort in life. No other thing or person is to be honored, reverenced, or thanked more than He.

Once this is understood, your notion of self is brought into true accord with God's holy will. You are free to be not yourself, but God's own child. It is He in Whom you find your identity.

Moreover, your dealings with those around you - your family and your neighbors - will not be high handed or heavy handed, but will be tempered by the certitude and solicities that obtain to being a creature and child of God.

Christ Jesus, Who took on the form of a servant, is the Name of God placed upon you. With His Name comes His substance and blessing, for He is not a God Who is far away, but Who draws so near as to incorporate you into His own Body and Blood, living, present, and active for you before the Father of all mercies and the God of all comfort.

Therefore it is for you to pray, and for God you hear and to heal not only you but the land in which you live. Thanks be to God, it is He Who causes these things, and not you.

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