Today's "From Faith To Faith" devotional by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland is another much needed lesson for every born again believer!
Be Clothed
With Humility
And be
clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the
humble. 1 Peter 5:5
Most
believers don't know anything about true humility. If you tell them they're the
righteousness of God, they'll fight to keep from believing it. You can give
them scripture references to prove it, and they'll still argue.
"Oh
no," they'll say, "I'm not righteous. I'm just an old sinner saved by
grace." They're making a sincere attempt to be humble. But they're
sincerely wrong. They're so afraid of being exalted by pride that they've let
Satan trick them into falling right into it.
Let me show
you what I mean. According to 1 Peter 5:5-6, to be truly humble is to submit to
God. That means when God says something, you believe it no matter how foreign
to your "religious" thinking it may be. When He says you've been made
the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, you say that too. In fact, you
wouldn't dare say anything else because to do so would be to dare to disagree
with God. And, when you get right down to it, that's the ultimate form of
pride, isn't it?
Don't let
Satan keep you groveling in the dust of false humility. Agree with God. Find
out what His Word says about you, then be bold enough to say it yourself.
Banish pride by submitting to His truth. Clothe yourself in true humility. It's
sure to look good on you.
AMEN! True humility is actually honoring God's Word as TRUTH! That includes God's Word about YOU! Here is Hillsong with, of course, the song "Who You Say I Am":
Shalom in Him!
