HUMILITY LEADS TO WISDOM AND HOLINESS

HUMILITY LEADS TO WISDOM
AND HOLINESS




Have you ever knelt
Down on your knees
And pleaded to God
For something-in prayer


I get down on my knees
Several times each day


Sometimes to say thank you
And PRAISE GOD


Sometimes to PRAY
For another human being


And sometimes to PLEAD
With God
For something-I think I need


“I pleaded-and the spirit of wisdom
CAME TO ME” Wisdom 7:7


Pleading-kind of means-SURRENDERING-
And we are told
In today's world
That we are


To be in CONTROL
And that we are NOT to
Surrender to anything


I beg to differ


It is ONLY when
I got down on my knees
And SURRENDERED myself and my life
To God


That my life
BEGAN to make any sense to me


It was ONLY
At the end of myself
And the beginning of God


That life began
To make any sense to me


“The fear of the Lord
Is the beginning of WISDOM


ALL who follow
His precepts
Have good understanding


To him
Belongs eternal praise” Psalm 111:10


“When pride comes
Then comes disgrace


But with humility
COMES WISDOM” Proverbs 11:2


I mean
Which of us
Doesn't like to be in charge


Which of us
Doesn't like to be in control
Of our own lives


It takes a lot of FAITH
It takes a lot of TRUST
And it takes a lot of HUMILITY
To turn our lives
OVER to God


“Do nothing
Out of selfish ambition
Or vain conceit


Rather-IN HUMILITY-
Value others ABOVE yourselves


NOT looking
To your own interests


But each of you
To the interests of others” Philippians 2:2-4


We have to move
BEYOND-our own selfish interests
And we have to
Let go of our own ego


By losing ourselves
We find guidance
Through HOLY WISDOM and the Holy Spirit
Which leads to HOLINESS


“Make every effort
To live in peace with everyone
And try to be HOLY


Without holiness
NO ONE will see the Lord” Hebrews 12:14


How about that
So some questions remain:


Are you ready
To PLEAD for humility and HOLY WISDOM?


Are we ready
To give up CONTROL
Of our life


And hand ourselves over to God
And his HOLY WISDOM and HOLY SPIRIT?


In order
To TRULY FIND OURSELVES


For in reality
This is the only way
It can be truly done


Robert P. Wallman
October 10^th, 2015




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.