Sometimes the best gifts are the humble ones — the simple gifts that come from so deeply in another person’s heart that they profoundly touch your heart. Humility, even though it doesn’t appear appealing at first sight, is a gift like that. Jesus put it this way:
“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.” (Matthew 11:25-26)
Jesus’ prayer shows that Jesus want’s His followers to receive the gift of humble child-like faith and to be continually open, receptive, and obedient to God’s direct, personal, and ongoing revelation. “God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (James 4:6)
Jesus wants us:
To get out
Of our comfort zone.
To come out
Of all darkness
And into God’s light.
To sell out
To His risen presence.
To live out
His commandments.
And to speak out
With the power
Of His Spirit
All about
What He has done
And is doing
In, among,
And through us.
Jesus doesn’t
Want to build
More buildings
Made of wood,
Metal, bricks, or
Prety stones.
He wants to build
His Spirit-led
Community
Made out of
Living stones–
People who are
Connected
Heart-to-heart
With Him and
With one another.
Settle down deep
Into God’s grace.
Let Him erase
Every trace
Of your pride
And replace
It with His glory
Shinning from your face.
(2 Corinthians 3:18)
The kingdom of God is not of this world. (John 18:36) It doesn’t function by human wisdom, knowledge, power, methods, or abilities.
Pride often causes Christians to replace the direct, personal Headship of the risen Jesus with a human head. Instead of saying “King Jesus, have Your way,” they say “Pastor esus,” (ease us).
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