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God Says Humility is the Pathway to Spiritual Maturity
1 Peter 5:5-6 (NKJV) Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
The second choice on the pathway to spiritual maturity after submissiveness is humbleness. God will always resist pride in any form in our lives because He hates pride (Proverbs 6:16-17; 8:13).
God desires us to clothe ourselves with humility.
The only medication that defeats pride is grace.
The only pathway to that grace is submissiveness.
Grace enables us to clothe ourselves with humility.
The evidence of the grace of submission is when we submit humbly to one another.
Submission is very hard because it requires that we trust God more than ourselves.
When we entrust ourselves to God He allays our fears.
The “mighty hand of God” that we humbly submit to is able to take care of anyone and anything around us, better than we ever could.
Notice God tells us to “be clothed with humility”. The verb clothed spoke of the tied-on action a slave took when coming to serve. It is also amazingly reflective of Christ’s actions at the Last Supper. In the midst of all the proud hearts, Jesus humbly served the dirty-footed, proud-hearted disciples by lovingly tying on the apron of the slave.
So we are to take His attitude that we are never above serving anyone, and with that humble attitude securely tied onto us, we go out reflecting Christ’s love. Pause and ask yourself, when is the last time you consciously tied on Christ’s apron of humbly serving others? Is that a daily attitude? Is it your desire to reflect Christ in this way?