Great discussions on Victory and Amends tonight. One of tonight's verses really struck a chord with me:
"But he gives us more and more strength to stand against all such evil longings.. As the Scripture says, God gives strength to the humble, but sets himself against the proud and haughty. So give yourselves humbly to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." (James 4:6-7 TLB)
We discussed humility and what it means to be humble... and it was a tough one to solidly define.
Of course the dictionary defines humility as "a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride;"... but how do you define humble? Again, the web dictionary defines humble as "a modest man of the people"... but that still is vague.
After confused looks, textbook answers and jumbled words, we discussed it, and in the context of Christianity, and our goals to live a selfless life; 'humility' - the disposition of being humble, can be summed up as (in my summation, that is):
1. Life is not about me.
2. Live a selfless life.
3. Live a life without judging.
Gonna try...every day, to live this way.
Humble... funny how God reminds us in many ways to live this way (take for example these hard times)... and funny how most of the time we don't listen.
Maybe one day listening to Him will be easier for me.
Nice. With such a perfect example of humility in Jesus, you'd think we'd have an easier time defining it.
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