Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be conceited.
Have you ever tried being friends with a conceited person? Superior minded folks are usually critics and are difficult to fellowship with. No one else ever measures up and they act as though they are doing you a favor by giving you five minutes of their time.
Remember the two thieves at the cross? One said, if you are the Son of God then get us down from here! The other one wouldn’t even look at Jesus and he said please remember me when you come into your kingdom. One was humble the other arrogant thinking he deserved better oblivious to his guilt and just punishment and unable to recognize the love, mercy and greatness of the one next to him. He had a sense of entitlement but he received nothing.
A lack of humility makes us blind and numb. It leads us to having a sense of entitlement in life. A, “you owe me” attitude. Entitlement treats others as though they owe us something and if they fail to deliver we become angry with them.
How many people have you ever encountered who are angry with God because he did not do for them what they felt they deserved and now they are bitter with Him?
Humility has always been and will always be the key to personal revival in our lives. Humility makes me able to realize I need you and you need me and we both desperately need Christ all the time. It is the gateway to grace being put to work in me.
My personal revival begins when I humble myself, approach His throne of grace boldly to get the help I need so I can also be of help to you even when I am weak. Humility such as this is the key to my personal revival and yours. I encourage you today to come boldly before His throne of grace and find the help you so desperately need! He still revives the heart of the humble!
About The Author
- Tim Atchley
- Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- I currently serve as Senior Pastor of Harvest Church in Knoxville, Tn. I was sent out from Trinity Chapel of Knoxville in 1993 accompanied by my wife Sheila our four children Sarah, Hannah, Josiah & Isaac and a handful of bold, brave and committed believers determined to plant our first church. Pioneering is hard work but well worth the journey. That is why we desire to make disciples of Christ who will, like us, also embrace the call to plant churches.
