Humility: Door to Higher Ground.
James 4:10, 1 Peter 5:5-6, Romans 12:3
Alfred Nobel famous Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite did not feel truly successful until he did something that helped humanity.
Humility and Pride defined
- Humility can be summed up as modesty or meekness. It is having an unassertive view of oneself. A lack of pride.
- Humility is not low self esteem. It is not being a fool or a doormat.
- Pride is to think excessively highly of oneself. It is hubris (arrogance, conceit, self importance)
Decoding and Denouncing pride.
- Two major indicators of pride are Speech and Behaviour
- Imitate Jesus, submit to God
God, humility, pride and divine surgery.
- God hates pride. Psalm 138:6, 1 Peter 5:5-6
- Moses‘ Journey. Numbers 12:1-3
- Joseph before his brothers and before the prisoners. Genesis 37:1-8, 40:1-8
- David’s Journey Psalm 35:13
Your Pride.
- Do you feel God chiseling away at your pride?
- He means well, allow Him do the work of a skilled surgeon in you.