Humble
An Offer to Come Closer Than 6 Feet
How’s your heart? Oh, I’m not talking about the physical condition of your heart, although that is important. Rather, I’m referring to your spiritual heart. Why? Because Jesus made us a great offer in Matthew 11:29. He tells us to mosey up close to Him – sincerely close. Close enough to be yoked together. In other words, closer than 6 feet. Close enough to smell the sweat on each other. Close enough to talk in a normal tone of voice. Close enough to be in step with each other. “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” What benefit would there be for us if we walked in step with Jesus? a) We’d learn a lot from Him. b) We’d move in the right direction and with a gentle, humble heart. I wonder if we should give it a try. I know I’d like to be a lot more like Jesus. Would you? Would others like for us to be more like Jesus and have His humble heart? I think so!
Sweet, humble Jesus, I love You. Thank You for modeling Your humility when You died on the cross for my sins. Thank You for inviting me to come closer than 6 feet, to come right up to you, and to learn from You. I’m in!
An Offer to Come Closer Than 6 Feet
How’s your heart? Oh, I’m not talking about the physical condition of your heart, although that is important. Rather, I’m referring to your spiritual heart. Why? Because Jesus made us a great offer in Matthew 11:29. He tells us to mosey up close to Him – sincerely close. Close enough to be yoked together. In other words, closer than 6 feet. Close enough to smell the sweat on each other. Close enough to talk in a normal tone of voice. Close enough to be in step with each other. “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” What benefit would there be for us if we walked in step with Jesus? a) We’d learn a lot from Him. b) We’d move in the right direction and with a gentle, humble heart. I wonder if we should give it a try. I know I’d like to be a lot more like Jesus. Would you? Would others like for us to be more like Jesus and have His humble heart? I think so!
Sweet, humble Jesus, I love You. Thank You for modeling Your humility when You died on the cross for my sins. Thank You for inviting me to come closer than 6 feet, to come right up to you and to learn from You. I’m in!
A Good Thing to Ask Jesus
Are you ever prideful or critical of others? Humility is a godly trait and one we see in our Lord. Jesus was HUMBLE as Matthew 11:29 explains, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Jesus explained that His humility flowed from His heart. It is the essence of who Jesus is. That’s what we need. Not an attempt at humility, but to truly regard others as more important than ourselves. Jesus said we are to learn from Him. If we’re not HUMBLE, a good first step is to ask Him to fill us with His HUMBLE Spirit.
Lord, You who have every right to be prideful chose to serve us and even HUMBLE yourself to the point of death on our behalf. We praise You, most HUMBLE Lord Jesus, and pray to be more like You.
Learn This from Jesus
Are you ever prideful or critical of others? Humility is a godly trait and one we see in our Lord. Jesus was HUMBLE as Matthew 11:29 explains, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Jesus explained that His humility flowed from His heart. It is the essence of who Jesus is. That’s what we need. Not an attempt at humility, but to truly regard others as more important than ourselves. Jesus said we are to learn from Him. If we’re not HUMBLE, a good first step is to ask Him to fill us with His HUMBLE Spirit.
Lord, You who have every right to be prideful chose to serve us and even HUMBLE yourself to the point of death on our behalf. We praise You, most HUMBLE Lord Jesus, and pray to be more like You.
Praise to Our HUMBLE LORD & A TRIBUTE to Mothers
“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
Do you ever find yourself being prideful or critical of others? Humility is a godly trait and one we see evidenced in our Lord. Jesus was HUMBLE. He explained that His humility flowed from His heart. In other words, from the essence of who He is. That’s what we need. Not an attempt at humility, but rather to truly regard others as more important than ourselves. Jesus said we are to learn from Him. If we’re not HUMBLE, we can begin by turning to Him and asking Him to fill us with His HUMBLE Spirit.
*A special note to mothers on Mother’s Day. You’re so giving and humble in your service to your family and others. Maybe they don’t notice. They don’t see all the work you do before they wake up and after they go to bed. They have no idea how many prayers you pray for them. But, our Humble Lord sees every item you wash, every dish you load, every meal you shop for and cook, every lunch you pack, every hour you hold your sick child in your arms when your body is screaming for sleep. You’re in good company, moms, with our Humble Lord. So, I pray God’s blessings on you – that you find your self-worth, confidence, rest, and joy in Him.
Lord, You who have every right to be prideful chose to serve us and even HUMBLE yourself to the point of death. We praise You, most HUMBLE, gracious Lord Jesus, and pray to be more like You.
HUMBLE
Matthew 11:29
Do you ever feel kind of cocky about yourself? Do you tend to look down on others? Are you critical of those around you? Humility is a great trait and one we see evidenced in our Lord. Jesus was humble. It wasn’t a false humility. He explained that His humility flowed from His heart. In other words, from the essence of who He was. That’s what we need. Not an attempt at humility, but rather to truly regard others as more important than ourselves. Jesus said we are to learn from Him. If we’re not humble, isn’t it time we begin learning from Him?
Lord, You who have every right to be prideful and look down on us, instead, chose to serve us and even humble yourself to the point of death. We praise You, most HUMBLE, gracious Lord Jesus!
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