How Humble Are You?
Posted by David Brunson on Sunday, March 13, 2011
Main Text: 1 Peter 5:5-9
vs. 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resistith the proud and gives grace to the humble. vs 6. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: vs.7 Casting your cares upon him for he careth for you. vs.8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: vs.9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Nothice that in the vary first verse it says submit and be subjected one to another? This is not what people want to hear in todays day. These two words indicate that there is to be love in the sense of humility or the action of love that has to be present in our lives before the following verses take any affect in our lives. We are to then cloth ourselves in it. We cant clothe others, God cant even cloth us with it, We clothe ourselves with humility. I dare to say that if we are not humble we are proud and it is clearly stated in vs.5 that God resistith the proud. In these key scriptures there are four promises that come to us if we are walking in the true sense of humility these promises are found at the end of vs.5 then in the next verses.
Promise #1 He WILL give GRACE to the humble. Turn with me to Proverbs 3:34 this word lowly means humble. He gives grace to the person who is humble.
Promise #2 Humble yourselves so that he may exhalt you in due time. Turn to Matthew 23:12 He that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Exalted by God.
Promise #3 He will care for you. God does care for you already but this refers to supernatural favor care. When you are humbled befor him there is matchless favor with God and man.
Promise #4 The fourth promise is a little different, if your not humbled then you will have a problem with vs. 8 and 9. You wont be sober and vigilant about the things of God and you wont be able to resist the devil as you should if your not humble. There is power in being near to the Lord and being humble is a part of being close to the Lord.
In conclusion we are to clothe ourselves we need to make it a point to do a self check everyday and make the needed adjustments to live a humbled life in the sight of the Lord. A humbled person pleases the Lord and brings blessings his way by doing so.
vs. 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resistith the proud and gives grace to the humble. vs 6. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: vs.7 Casting your cares upon him for he careth for you. vs.8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: vs.9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Nothice that in the vary first verse it says submit and be subjected one to another? This is not what people want to hear in todays day. These two words indicate that there is to be love in the sense of humility or the action of love that has to be present in our lives before the following verses take any affect in our lives. We are to then cloth ourselves in it. We cant clothe others, God cant even cloth us with it, We clothe ourselves with humility. I dare to say that if we are not humble we are proud and it is clearly stated in vs.5 that God resistith the proud. In these key scriptures there are four promises that come to us if we are walking in the true sense of humility these promises are found at the end of vs.5 then in the next verses.
Promise #1 He WILL give GRACE to the humble. Turn with me to Proverbs 3:34 this word lowly means humble. He gives grace to the person who is humble.
Promise #2 Humble yourselves so that he may exhalt you in due time. Turn to Matthew 23:12 He that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Exalted by God.
Promise #3 He will care for you. God does care for you already but this refers to supernatural favor care. When you are humbled befor him there is matchless favor with God and man.
Promise #4 The fourth promise is a little different, if your not humbled then you will have a problem with vs. 8 and 9. You wont be sober and vigilant about the things of God and you wont be able to resist the devil as you should if your not humble. There is power in being near to the Lord and being humble is a part of being close to the Lord.
In conclusion we are to clothe ourselves we need to make it a point to do a self check everyday and make the needed adjustments to live a humbled life in the sight of the Lord. A humbled person pleases the Lord and brings blessings his way by doing so.