Humility

Those of you who have studied another language know that each day is a lesson in humility. God has been teaching me a lot about this subject during my language study time so far. Accordingly, I've been reading Andrew Murray's book entitled Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness. I wanted to share a few quotes from what I've read so far...

"Humility, the place of entire dependence upon God, is from the very nature of things the first duty and the highest virtue of His creatures."

Humility means that we "acknowledge that we owe everything to God" and also "present ourselves as empty vessels, in which God can dwell and manifest His power and goodness."

"Until a humility that rests in nothing less than the end and death of self, and which gives up all the honor of men as Jesus did to seek the honor that comes from God alone (which absolutely makes and counts itself nothing) that God may be all, that the Lord alone may be exalted--until such a humility is what we seek in Christ above our chief joy, and welcome at any price, there is very little hope of a faith that will conquer the world."

"This is the life Christ came to reveal and to impart--a life to God that came through death to sin and self. If we feel that this life is too high for us and beyond our reach, it must all the more urge us to seek it in Him."

Revelation 4:10-11 tells us, "They lay their crowns before the throne and say: 'You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and by Your will they were created and have their being.'" So let us come to our Redeemer in humility and lay our crowns before His throne, for HE is worthy.