James 4:6-10 “But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:
“God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your
hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you
double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to
gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift
you up.”
Pastor Robert Charles Sproul
of Sanford , Florida
2 Timothy 3:2-5 “People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful,
proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful,
unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without
self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash,
conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a
form of godliness but denying its power.”
Pastor Bob says, If there is anything that we ought to be in a
passionate quest to achieve, it’s the grace of God. By definition, grace is not
something you can earn. You can receive grace only if God, n His mercy, gives
it to you. It’s a gift. You cannot buy, earn, or merit it. God gives grace to
the humble. Humility willingly submits one’s life to God’s sovereign mercy.
Humble people recognize that the Lord doesn’t owe them anything.
Psalm 16:11 “You make
known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal
pleasures at your right hand.”
Let’s try a little more humility. Let’s do away with our pride. We must remember
that we are unworthy servants throwing ourselves on the mercy of the court. When
we demand or try to persuade God to give
us something as if we were His counselors who advise Him of a better way of
doing things, we’ve entered into His presence, not boldly as the Bible calls us
to do, but arrogantly. We must come to Him humbly in thanksgiving and praise for the
grace we've already received. This is the secret to happiness.
Titus 3:3-7 “At one time we too were
foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and
pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the
kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us,
not because of righteous things we had done, but because of
his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he
poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that,
having been justified by his grace, we might
become heirs having the hope of eternal
life.”
In Christ, Brian
No comments:
Post a Comment