SERVE
All of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 1 Peter 5:5
If we want to serve God and others, we must have a humble spirit. As long as you are set upon pleasing yourself, fulfilling yourself, seeking self-advancement, you will never be able to genuinely serve others.
Be clothed with humility. What a poignant way of emphasising the need for a constant covering of our self-serving human nature. Let humility be the attire you choose to walk in, Iive in each day. Why should we be humble and meek? Is it not more powerful to be proud or arrogant? The reply is simple and powerful: God resists proud people, but He gives grace and help to the humble. Those who lower themselves to serve others will find that God Himself is serving them!
On the other hand, those who seek to exalt and please themselves should realise that they are literally anti-God! They are choosing sides, and the battle will be them against God.
Which describes your condition today? Do you find God meeting your every need as you seek sincerely to meet the needs of others, or do you find yourself constantly being opposed by God because apart from you nobody else matters? God resists the proud, but He helps those who help others
Prayer: Lord, give me a humble heart so that I may not seek my interest alone, but also that of others.
Scriptural Reading: 1 Peter 5:5-6
