Clothe Yourself with Humility
1 Peter 5:5-9 All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,
“God opposes the proud
but shows favor to the humble.”
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
1Peter 5:7 is one of the scriptures I memorized early in my Christian walk, because it is good to have something reminding us that we do not have be anxious or fearful. But I am a little bit ashamed that it was a number of years before I realized the importance of verses 5-6.
When I read the words “clothe yourself with humility” I am reminded of a poem I wrote years ago about the heat clinging to me like a grown man’s overcoat. Just as an adult’s coat on a child is heavy and oppressive, humility does not quite fit unless God does the measurements.
None of us is righteous apart from Jesus. Likewise, humility does not seem to be something with which we are born. But being humble before God and our fellow man is necessary if we are to resist the enemy.
May we present ourselves before God daily, asking that He grow humility within us. In doing so, our daily lives will be sweeter and more pleasing to God and more uplifting to our fellow man.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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