Humility

I realize that many reading this blog are struggling with their belief in God. They are waiting for God to give them some sign of proof as to His existence. While I understand the desire to know God, those searching for God must first understand themselves. The bible says, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—” For those of you desiring to taste and see that the Lord is good, you must first understand your condition, you were born separated from God by sin. This has resulted in you being a genuine sinner, if you cannot see that, ask God to show you, so that your heart may be right before Him. Only in that state of right conviction can your heart be ready to see what God may have to show you, and only then will you be justified before God. Jesus tells a story about this in the book of Luke chapter 18,

“To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 18:9-14)

Remember that the God you desire to know humbled Himself to the point of death on a cross for the creatures He created. He is the Almighty God who created heaven and earth, and yet He took on human flesh and became one of us, and suffered on behalf of those who love Him. You must follow in His footsteps of humility if you ever expect to see Him and know Him. I pray for you today that the kind of conviction that came upon the tax collector mentioned above would also come upon you, and by God’s grace you would call upon the name Jesus and be saved.