Humility

[Missy]

1 Peter 5:5,6 God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God.

Colossians 3:12 Therefore as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on humility.

Philippians 2:4 Let each of you esteem others as better than yourselves.

Request:
Please share an example of humility. Know anyone who's humble?

 

[Kyra]

You know, for the longest time humility kind of threw me because people seemed to call themselves humble and then acted like passive idiots or used it to "manipulate" like Uriah Heep ( from David Copperfield). But then I saw it mixed with faith and love, and it became real.

Especially in the realm of forgiveness, it really takes a laying down of pride, aside from the hurt part of it, to step forward in love. ( at least for me) Especially when the other person won't acknowledge they've done anything wrong.

One time I was deeply hurt by a family member and then I was put in the position where I could reach out to the same family member. I turned to this really awesome woman I know for wise counsel and asked her what I should do, and she asked me what would love look like here? ARRGHHH!! Love is hard to walk out!!
But her counsel was good, and part of acting in love was forgiving and laying down my pride and reaching out to the person. Hard stuff.

 

[christiancanadian]

I used to work for one of the largest employers in the world. It was a "cut-throat" environment. All the managment would boast about what they've done. The loudest person who boasted seemed to be looked upon as the best manager. Unfortunately I fell into that habit in order to 'swim with the sharks'. The bright side is that I left that company and I'm glad. I've been trying to conciously humble myself and not try to take any credit or boast now.

To answer your question, I find my wife humble. When I clean the house I have to let her know everything that I've cleaned. "hun, I've cleaned all the floors. I put the dishes away..etc.." When she cleans she doesn't need the credit. I'm sure it's partly a "man" thing. But I admire that she does a lot of work, some of it that goes unnoticed I'm sure, and she doesn't look for credit or bragging rights. I'm trying to become more humble like that. Also, now if I get a sale at work, I know that all good things come from the Lord. I know it's really NOT by my doing. When I remember, I try to thank him for the blessing.

 

[1still_waters]

I def don't want God opposing me. I'll choose humility instead.

 

[carpetmanswife]

You know, for the longest time humility kind of threw me because people seemed to call themselves humble and then acted like passive idiots or used it to "manipulate" like Uriah Heep ( from David Copperfield). But then I saw it mixed with faith and love, and it became real.

Especially in the realm of forgiveness, it really takes a laying down of pride, aside from the hurt part of it, to step forward in love. ( at least for me) Especially when the other person won't acknowledge they've done anything wrong.

One time I was deeply hurt by a family member and then I was put in the position where I could reach out to the same family member. I turned to this really awesome woman I know for wise counsel and asked her what I should do, and she asked me what would love look like here? ARRGHHH!! Love is hard to walk out!!
But her counsel was good, and part of acting in love was forgiving and laying down my pride and reaching out to the person. Hard stuff.

Kyra honey u nailed that one.

 

[MahogonySnail]

The best definition of humility I ever heard was, "humility is agreeing with God". Humility, is not the same as humiliation, and is not the same as shame. It is not the same as letting someone walk all over you. When we believe in Christ and hold to a very narrow definition of salvation, God, heaven, hell etc, no doubt unbelievers will sometimes criticise us of being bigoted, proud, arrogant, stubborn. Even fellow Christians may accuse us of such. Particularly so called "liberal" christians. But because we agree with God, we are in fact very humble.

If someone is wrong, they are wrong, and I see no need to pretend to be wrong, if I know myself I am right, just to give an appearance of being humble. You try convincing me Jesus isn't the Son of God, I am not going to say, "well, that could be true, I've never thought of that before, thankyou for your input", I will say , no, Jesus is the Son of God, and you are simply wrong. Not from an attitude of pride and looking down upon someone, but as someone who is secure and grounded in the faith and who knows the truth. We can consider others better than ourselves, without having to compromise on our own beliefs or think that we are somehow wrong on matters of faith where there can be no doubt.

 

[1still_waters]

Jesus on the cross is extreme humility.

 

[RoboOp]

I happened to stumble into a "pastor's conference" here in the Philippines last week, at my church. There were pastors there from all over the southern part of the Philippines. What struck me (when talking to them) is that they all seemed so humble!