I have found that humility is an absolute requirement for being in ministry and experienced many humility lessons that I will be sharing with you, but first we need to understand Christlike Humility.
The New Oxford American Dictionary defines humility as a modest or low view of one’s own importance but
Christlike Humility is more expansive, as expressed in Philippians 2:3-8, NLT:
“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others too.You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.”
Father, work in our hearts and minds so we may live out that attitude of Christlike Humility, Amen.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation copyright 1996, 2004, 2007, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation
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