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Tuesday,
February 6, 2024
Eshleman's
Mill Covered
Bridge near
Gordonville,
PA
Two
Sundays ago
our pastor
shared an
illustration
of a man being
given a medal
for being
humble but it
was taken away
from him after
he chose to
wear it!
Daily prayer:
Father, we
know that none
of us are 100%
humble, in
these mortal,
fallible
bodies of
ours. But we
do know that
You are
completely
humble and we
look to You as
our example.
As we clothe
ourselves in
Your
righteousness
we can take no
credit for
anything good
in us, since
it all comes
from You.
Remind us
daily that
having a heart
of gratitude
is the
antidote for
feelings of
pride. When we
acknowledge
that
everything we
have and all
that we are is
due to Your
merciful
blessings we
are humbled
and grateful
to You, the
Giver of every
good and
perfect
gift.
Amen.
"Clothed
In Humility"
Message
summary: Let
us all make
every effort
to clothe
ourselves in
humility!
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"Now
Moses was a
very humble
man, more
humble than
anyone else on
the face of
the earth"
(Deuteronomy
12:3). “Be
completely
humble and
gentle; be
patient,
bearing with
one another in
love”
(Ephesians
4:2). "Humble
yourselves in
the sight of
the Lord, and
He shall lift
you up" (James
4:10). “All
of you, clothe
yourselves
with humility
toward one
another,
because, “God
opposes the
proud but
gives grace to
the humble” (1
Peter 5:5).
A
longtime
friend has a
ministry of
preparing
sermons every
Saturday night
that he sends
out to other
friends,
including us.
Initially he
used them in a
nursing home
ministry but
now in his
80's he is no
longer able to
preach them
yet he still
prepares and
shares them
with others.
He shared an
illustration
this last
message:
Several
years ago I
was in the
check-out line
at an Aldi
grocery store.
A lady was
“holding up
the works” as
she fumbled in
her purse for
enough money
to pay her
bill. She had
handed the
clerk a
handful of
money, but the
clerk was
waiting
expectantly
for the rest.
Sensing the situation, the gentleman behind her in line quietly swiped his debit card in the machine, punched in his PIN number, and paid for the entire order.
The lady looked up from her purse, knowing she had given all the money she had. When the clerk handed her a paid receipt plus all the money she had originally given, the woman burst into tears. The clerk just flashed her eyes back to the gentleman who had made the payment.
As they hugged, the woman explained that her husband was ill, and that she had just lost her own part-time job. She had prayed coming into the store that God would “somehow” get her enough food for the week.
With a “Jesus loves you” from the gentleman ringing in her ears, she joyously went out the door telling everybody, “God is very, very real!!!”
Sensing the situation, the gentleman behind her in line quietly swiped his debit card in the machine, punched in his PIN number, and paid for the entire order.
The lady looked up from her purse, knowing she had given all the money she had. When the clerk handed her a paid receipt plus all the money she had originally given, the woman burst into tears. The clerk just flashed her eyes back to the gentleman who had made the payment.
As they hugged, the woman explained that her husband was ill, and that she had just lost her own part-time job. She had prayed coming into the store that God would “somehow” get her enough food for the week.
With a “Jesus loves you” from the gentleman ringing in her ears, she joyously went out the door telling everybody, “God is very, very real!!!”
When
I read the
message I
suspected the
gentleman in
the line was
actually our
friend and I
called him
yesterday and
found out it
was. In
humility he
had described
himself in the
third person!
Even as I
asked
permission to
share the
story in
humility he
requested I
not use his
name!
Our
first daily
text is a
description of
Moses. Since
he wrote the
book of
Deuteronomy
many Bible
students feel
this is a note
from another
writer. It
does seem
rather
prideful for
Moses to write
the following
description of
himself, "Now
Moses was a
very humble
man, more
humble than
anyone else on
the face of
the earth"!
Once
on WDAC, our
local
Christian
radio station,
the announcer
gave a brief
weather report
and announced,
"We have 75%
humility". We
picked up on
it immediately
and so did
she. She
recognized
that she had
misspoken and
corrected the
word to
"humidity"
followed by a
quip that we
could all be
more humble.
The Biblical standard for humility is 100%. Notice in the second daily Scripture text Paul writes, "Be completely humble". This is an aspiration that I suppose few if any of us have attained. Are any of you reading this completely humble? Actually it seems to me that anyone making such a claim would be proud of their humility thus negating being completely humble! It's been said, "Humility is that elusive virtue that once you think you have it, you’ve lost it”.
The Biblical standard for humility is 100%. Notice in the second daily Scripture text Paul writes, "Be completely humble". This is an aspiration that I suppose few if any of us have attained. Are any of you reading this completely humble? Actually it seems to me that anyone making such a claim would be proud of their humility thus negating being completely humble! It's been said, "Humility is that elusive virtue that once you think you have it, you’ve lost it”.
Two
Sundays ago
our pastor
shared an
illustration
of a man being
given a medal
for being
humble but it
was taken away
from him after
he chose to
wear it!The
Bible
describes
humility as
being free
from pride and
arrogance.
Jesus taught
that humility
is the pathway
to exaltation
by God for "everyone
who exalts
himself will
be humbled,
but he who
humbles
himself will
be exalted"
(Luke 18:14).
Peter wrote, “All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5). Let us all make every effort to clothe ourselves in humility!
Peter wrote, “All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5). Let us all make every effort to clothe ourselves in humility!
Be
encouraged
today,
Hebrews
3:13
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily prayer:
Father, we
know that none
of us are 100%
humble, in
these mortal,
fallible
bodies of
ours. But we
do know that
You are
completely
humble and we
look to You as
our example.
As we clothe
ourselves in
Your
righteousness
we can take no
credit for
anything good
in us, since
it all comes
from You.
Remind us
daily that
having a heart
of gratitude
is the
antidote for
feelings of
pride. When we
acknowledge
that
everything we
have and all
that we are is
due to Your
merciful
blessings we
are humbled
and grateful
to You, the
Giver of every
good and
perfect
gift.
Amen.Today's
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Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"Humble
Yourselves"
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