To Humble Ourselves Can Produce Rejoicing In Any Circumstance

James 1:9
9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.

Humble circumstances are the moments in life we consider to be the bottom of the valley, the rock bottom moments of life. But out of wisdom, we understand it is often the low moments or struggles that bring us to seek God. We grow tired and weak of the struggle to handle the situation on our own. We may even come face to face with our mortality that ultimately reminds us that dying is easy, it is living that is the struggle. We struggle to find meaning, purpose, hope, joy, love, security, and the needs of life like food, water, shelter. The low moments remind us of what is important and what are the true needs of life.

God has a way of flipping the script, flipping the record, or turning the thoughts of the world upside down.

James 1:9 calls the low moments, opportunities to be humble and even rejoice because they are the opposite of low, they are high positions in the eyes of God. Just as the last will be first, we see Jesus mirror this as He often healed the sick, cared for the needy, and stood up for injustice.

We can never get into the mindset of blaming everyone and everything due to our ills and status in life. The majority of any society will be those in the lower or middle class.

Stop looking out, start looking in, and then start looking up.

Turn your thoughts toward God and everything else will be transformed into a Biblical perspective. The same perspective of Joseph in slavery, Joshua vs Jericho, David vs Goliath, Daniel in the lion's den , or Jesus facing the cross.

Excellent saint simply excellent.
Humbling ourselves put everything in perspective. We are not our own but are of Gods.
Trusting in the Lord in all of his good pleasure. Pride leads to a fall.
Humility is acknowledging that we need a savior, we need Gods help. This is the frailty of man as king David pointed out.
For the Lord gives grace to the humble but the proud he resist.
The battle belongs to the Lord, he is our strength, our defence, our rock in which we will stand.

Amen

People higher up have far greater to fall. Isnt the kingdom of God an upside down kingdom?

check out Mark 10:42-45

Jesus told us : Mark 10:15 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

The difference between a bible scholar and a little child is told by the word humble. A scholar uses his intellect and all things he knows as he reads the words of our Lord, a little child knows God loves him and simply accepts what the Lord tells him.