340. Humility
Paul tells us:
“Nor, indeed, did we ever appear with flattering speech, as you know, or with a pretext for greed - God is witness - nor did we seek praise from human beings, either from you or from others.” 1 Thessalonians, chapter 2, verses 5 to 6
We are christians, we never need to look for honours. This is interesting to find out if we are walking in the Lord’s will. These are christian values to place in our suitcase, for the road.
It’s too easy to take ourselves for someone else and not be ourselves. It’s easy to get into characters that are successful, that we see on TV or that we hear singing, and stop being ourselves. But the way of another person will never be our own personal way. We will never walk in his shoes.
We must not seek to build our personal kingdom, it would be wrong. We already have everything in the Kingdom of God:
“Happy those (…) who enjoys the law of the Lord, it is their joy; God’s law they study day and night. They are like a tree planted near streams of water, that yields its fruit in season.” Psalm 1, verses 1 to 3
To reach wisdom that comes from God, may we let God be God in our life. Better still, may we don’t rely on our own strength and let the wisdom of God pass through.
For that, let’s become very good friends of God. May we recognize the difference between our thinking and that of Jesus. Let’s become more and more filled with his presence. May we know when it is us or Jesus speaking through us.
By the way, we know when we’re talking or the person next door is talking. It should be the same for Jesus who goes through our words. We know when our thoughts come from Jesus or from us. There’s a difference.
The new American Bible, 2011-2014
Book: The Fruit that lasts, Normand Thomas