Written by Sarah Frazer, a contemporary writer.
Humility means we have an honest view of ourselves and God. One of the things I love about God is that He is both all-powerful and holy. We have a God who sits on the throne of Heaven, orchestrating the entire universe. Colossians says He keeps everything going by the power of His hands. Nothing escapes God’s notice, control, and wisdom. God is perfect in all His ways, and only those who are also holy are allowed to enter into His presence. Another aspect of God’s character evident throughout the entire Bible is God’s closeness to us. Our God also knows Himself, so we can understand and find Him. God is described as our Shepherd, Father, and Teacher. Having a relationship with us is a priority for our all-powerful God. God demonstrated this through Jesus, who was willing to humble Himself for our sakes. We tend to fall on one side or the other as we approach God. Either we think we need to see ourselves only as disgraced, unlovable beings before a holy, perfect God, or we call ourselves “worms” or “enemies” of God, even after we become Christians. Sometimes, we don’t speak up or speak out because we have a false sense of humility. Thinking low of ourselves is not humility. We do this because we fear the other side of the coin: pride. The Bible warns us repeatedly about pride, which is thinking too highly of ourselves…In our attempts to avoid pride, as we should, we have a false sense of humility. A correct, Biblical view of humility falls in the middle of both views. Although we recognize that we came to God from a state of utter helplessness and God is beyond our ability to reach on our own, God humbled Himself so that we now stand with Jesus as co-heirs and children of God…Yes, we are sinners in need of grace. However, as Christians, we have accepted Jesus as our Savior and understand that we are no longer enemies but friends of God. Our standing before God changes the instant we accept Christ as our Savior. Because our standing before God changes, we can now humbly come before God properly. We do not exalt ourselves above God, but we do not degrade ourselves. Humility means we let God lift us; we are one of God’s children, no matter our standing before the world.
We do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who, in every respect, has been tempted as we are, without sin. Let us then, with confidence, draw near to the throne of grace so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. [Hebrews 4:15-16]
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