TRY TO BE HUMBLE

TRY TO BE HUMBLE


A lot of people-
In this world=
THINK they are really something


But IN today's reading
From Luke (Luke 18:35-43)=we
Read just a few words
From a RIDICULED BEGGAR


“Jesus=Son of David=
Have pity on me” Luke 18:38


And EARLIER=in the same set
Of parables=we read about
A Pharisee and a tax collector


The Pharisee self-righteously thinks
About how DEVOUT he is and how he-
IS BETTER then everyone else


But the tax collector offers
THIS simple prayer:
“O GOD=be MERCIFUL to me=
A sinner” Luke 18:13


How HUMBLE is that


It is BETTER to try
To be HUMBLE=and PRAY
With humility


Than think of ourselves
Better than we are
For the LORD KNOWS-this world
Can and WILL knock us down
A peg or two


“You SAVE the humble
But bring low those
Whose eyes are haughty” Psalm 18:27


“Take my YOKE upon you
And learn from me-
For am gentle
And HUMBLE OF HEART


And you will find REST
For your souls” Matthew 11:29


“But he gives us
More grace


That is WHY Scripture says:
'God OPPOSES the proud-
And shows FAVOR to the HUMBLE'” James 4:6


TRY to be HUMBLE=
Pray in humility


Try saying this PRAYER-
As many OTHERS DO:
“Lord Jesus Christ-Son of GOD-
have MERCY on me-a sinner”


We can REPEAT this over and over
SEVERAL times throughout the day


Dear Lord=we PRAY=with humility
IN HEART=the way=Jesus always did


We pray with NO PRIDE=with
With no expectation=and in PURE HUMILITY=
The way the ridiculed beggar did
The way the tax collector did


The way Jesus himself did


Dear Lord=we are IMPERFECT=
We RECOGNIZE our deficiencies


Please LIFT us up
As we pray to you
In deep HUMILITY


“By the humility and GENTLENESS
Of Christ
I APPEAL to you=I Paul


Who am “TIMID”
When face to face with you


But “BOLD” toward you
When AWAY!” 2 Corinthians 10:1


Dear Lord=we OFFER ourselves
To you in ALL humility
As we TRY TO BE HUMBLE
In the LIVING of our lives


In Jesus' name and the name of HIS GLORIOUS FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
11-20-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Phil FoxRose