I was mowing two weeks ago and the Lord finished a word that’s been in my spirit for a bit but never felt complete to document it.
I was thinking about how we sometimes say that “we’re only human” as if being human automatically equates to sin. It doesn’t.
Adam was created as human in the image of God. He was not automatically destined for poor choice.
It wasn’t until pride entered and sin was chosen. The serpent told Eve she could be like God if she ate the fruit. She chose sin.
Then I was thinking about how often pride enters a story in the Bible and causes separation of man and God (the Tower of Babel, Samson, even Noah’s story with the ark).
Sometimes we excuse things because “it’s just in their nature” or “it’s human nature” when we actually need to be coaching better choices to be made.
Pride is so often the root of many sins. Pride, we know, leads to destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
The Lord connected though that humility, when used incorrectly, can also be destructive.
I am an incredibly independent individual who can/has accomplish(ed) many tasks BUT I’m also sometimes more passive in an attempt to keep the peace around me.
In different times of my life, I’ve made myself smaller as to not offend someone else or not to “make myself a spectacle” and I’ve called it being humble.
Humility isn’t an outward action though, it’s a heart stance.
Pride also isn’t an outward action, it’s a heart stance.
These stances both 100% influence actions we take in alignment to our stances though.
Samson boasted in HIS great ability and what he could accomplish. His own arrogance placing a strain on the gift he was given and ultimately failed to honor.
Humility isn’t maintaining a spot out of the public eye or away from praise of others. Humility is taking on the heart of God, boldly stepping into what you’re called to do BUT all the while pointing others back to the GOD in you who makes it possible.
I have been gifted with the ability to sing.
Since I was a little girl, worship has been the place the Lord most communes with me. I love to worship the Lord.
Also since I was a little girl, one of my biggest difficulties always used to be singing in front of others, for fear of being judged poorly.
Many years ago, I joined the worship team, sang with a mic, but wanted to stand in the back, out of sight. I called it humility, but I was actually hiding.
When we are prideful, we boast in ourselves.
When we are hiding, we fail to acknowledge what God IS doing in and through us. We fail to align that God is more than capable of using us and we fail to acknowledge who he is in our lives.
The Lord wants us to be fully committed to him.
Casting ourselves aside, so we can be filled all the more with his spirit.
When there’s less of us and more of him, we aren’t boasting in ourselves.
When we allow fear to take up space, we are aligning ourselves to God being able to do great things…BUT not in or through us.
Both are wrong.
Both are poor reflections of our Father.
We have to ask ourselves – “am I prideful, humble, or hiding? “
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