True Humility

People, you’ve got to be honest with who you are. You’re never going to know humility. And by the way, I’m talking about a worthy walk. If you want to walk worthy and be blessed by God in your life, then you’re going to have to walk in humility. And if you’re going to walk in humility, you’re going to have to be honest with who you really are. You’ve got to see your faults and confess your sins and deal with those things daily. There’s a second thing, not only self-awareness, but let’s call it Christ-awareness. If you’re not the standard, who is? Well, it’s Christ.

It’s Jesus Christ. It’s when we compare ourselves with ourselves that we get proud. It’s when we compare ourselves with ourselves that we feel like we’re all right, but we are to compare ourselves with Jesus Christ, 1 John 2, 6. He that says he abides in him ought even to walk as he walked. That’s the standard. Now, when you can stand up and say, I am happy to announce everyone that I now walk as Jesus walked, then you have a right to be proud. You’re not going to get anybody to believe you. You know, people always often ask me this, what is the most humiliating experience you ever had? And, you know, you always think about something that was embarrassing.

You know, like the time I was preaching and my pants ripped and the choir was all giggling at me. You think about things like that, you know, and or other silly things that you did and you kind of had egg on your face. But when I think about something, the most humiliating experience I ever had, it’s very easy for me to answer that. It took two years and it was the two years that I taught here at Grace Church, the Gospel of John, 96 sermons, about a hundred hours or more of preaching, somewhere between 2000 and 3000 hours of study that I did.

And you know what? As you study the Gospel of John over two years, week after week after week, every paragraph presents the deity of Jesus Christ. And you know, you live with the deity of Christ day after day after day after day and you know something? When you compare yourself constantly with Jesus Christ, that’s the healthiest thing you could ever do, because you see who you really aren’t. See? You’re nothing. There’s a third thing. Self-awareness, Christ-awareness, and ultimately God-awareness. As you begin to see Jesus Christ, you see him in his humanness.

You say he was the perfect man. I mean, he met everybody, gave all the right answers, and you feel so inadequate. I give so many dumb answers. He said just the perfect word for the perfect time. I don’t do that. He had the perfect attitude for every single situation, every single person he ever met. I don’t make it on that. He knew exactly how to help everybody that needed help in just the way they needed the help. I can’t do that. You know, what a standard he is, just to be aware of him.

But then you go beyond that and all of a sudden you see his deity and you begin to realize this is God. And when you compare yourself with God, I mean, it’s just staggering how puny, pusillanimous you really are. How about Zilch, zero, nothing? Listen to this one, Isaiah. He compared himself with God one day. This is what it says. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Isaiah says, hey, one day I saw God, I saw God.

And above it stood the seraphims, and each one had six wings. With two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he did fly. And one cried unto another and said, holy, holy, holy is the Lord. That’s a Trinitarian recognition. The whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him who cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Then said I, woe is me, I am undone. I am a man of unclean lips. I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips.

Where did you ever discover that, Isaiah? How did you get that awareness, Isaiah? How did you come to that humility, Isaiah? For mine eyes have seen the king. You see, that’s the perspective. When the Apostle Paul looked at himself, he said, you’re the chief of sinners. Self-awareness. When Peter looked at Jesus, he said, depart from me, O Lord, for I am a sinful man. Christ-awareness. And when God saw, and when Isaiah saw God, he said, woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips. See? That’s the heart of it all. When you see God, you say, what is man that thou art mindful of him and the son of man that thou visitest him? Who am I? Humility.

Well, this is the perspective, and this is such a beautiful perspective. Let me tell you something, beloved. If all of us functioned in humility, it would be incredible, the testimony we would have on the world. Thank you for joining us in this exploration of true humility. Until next time, remember to keep the faith, stay strong, and continue to shine your light in the world. To hear these daily devotions of your daily bread, please log on to goddessgovernment.com. Goodbye. And may your faith always lead the way. [tr:trw].