Thursday, February 17, 2011

Give God The Glory

"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up." -- James 4:10

This is one of the hardest things a Christian has to do. We humans like to think highly of ourselves. We like to be first. We want to be in charge. And we want our wishes to be considered in all things. The problem is all those things don't fit with who and what we really are -- God's children, created for His Glory.

Pride really has no place in our lives. Everyone knows someone who takes full credit for his job, house, health, etc. Oh, no doubt, he's a Christian. Just one who thinks very highly of himself. He's too busy glorifying himself to even think about glorifying God. That is a recipe for disaster.

It doesn't have to be that way. God doesn't want us to think badly of ourselves. He doesn't want us to stumble into darkness because our noses are too high in the air. He just wants us to recognize that all we have -- from our families to our homes to our latest promotion at work -- comes from Him. We succeed because of Him. We can't do anything on our own. Nothing. Oh, Satan may lead us to believe we can but sooner or later pride leads to a horrific crash landing. That's where God is waiting to pick us up -- if we humble ourselves before Him and ask for His help.

Pride leads us to believe Satan's lies and leads us to destruction. Humility leads us to praise God in all things and to seek His will at all times. Pride deceives us into thinking we're in charge and we're doing just fine on our own. Humility reminds us that we don't control anything and that we can't survive without God's help.


Being humble means acknowledging that God is, well, God. He's in charge. He's perfect. He created us. We'll never be worthy of all He's done and continues to do for us. But, guess what? He loves us anyway. He blesses us anyway. And all we have to do is humble ourselves before Him and love Him with all our hearts.