The definition of humble as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary is as follows:
1. marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, and spirit
2. showing deferintial or submissive respect
3. low in rank, quality or station
2nd Choronicles 7:14 Amplified
If My people, who are called by My Name, shall humble themselves and pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their land.
I have heard this scripture over and over again the last several years and each time I have heard I am not sure if I had a heartfelt response until this past Sunday. I was convicted in my heart about different situation but all boiled down to not having a heart that was humble. When I opened my Bible after church this past Sunday and read this scripture I was stricken with a sense of guilt and out this guilt came a renewed sense of being in God’s word at the beginning of my day and not waiting until the chores are done or right before I go to bed. I got on my stationary bike this morning and while rode for 15 minutes I prayed to start my day. When I finished I looked out the window as the rain was pouring down upon the ground quite heavily. I was calm inside until this afternoon when I had to leave for an appointment and I had a panic attack. What did I do? I will tell you. I called my husband’s job frantically to get some assurance from him and I even thought about cancelling the appointment and then God said…. I AM here why not talk to me.
I left for the appointment and got there an hour early and waited in the lobby and I finally prayed. Why did I not just pray at the beginning instead of waiting until I was frazzled.
I pray to Him and I seek Him but do I crave Him and require of necessity His face? I don’t always crave Him! I would rather do things that I want to do but you know I do get joy from those things like I do spending time in GOd’s Word.
In the Sermon on the Mount
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Guess what those are the rewards of being humble before God. I think they sound pretty good to me but you know what gentleness, humbleness and meekness are produced in our lives when we rely on GOD and not on ourselves.
If I just take the time out of my day to come before God and just sit there waiting He will come and make His home with me. Think on that.
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