Luke 14:11 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
Humility means giving up your own personal ambition to be exalted. It means giving up on celebrity! But it is not without reward: the NT never says, oh, humble yourself because humility is just a good thing to do in and of itself. That's not to say it isn't, but the Bible consistently urges humility in light of the promises of God to raise up the humble and oppose the proud. A mistake is to see this as some kind of exchange or economy of heavenly merits: do humble acts, or be humble and sure as eggs exaltation will follow.
No. Humility is not an investment now for later pride. The reward that is on offer is not what the worldly seize at. It is something exceeding it: glory - you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away (1 Peter 5:4). The crown of glory is bathed in the light of the glory of God. You will shine like stars in the universe because you will glow with the radiance of God himself.
2 comments:
I wish the minister my husband works under read this post . He's a fat head.
I should have said, not just a reward that exceeds it, but one that is very different to it in nature. Which is to say: the reward is God himself... it isn't a thing. It is a someone.
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