HUMILITY is one of the loveliest flowers that springs up in the garden of the regenerated heart. We are all inclined to pride and vanity by nature. When the Spirit of Christ possesses us, we manifest that lowliness and meekness which ever characterized our blessed Lord. To many this seems like slavish servility, but it is the very opposite. Greatness is evidenced by one’s readiness to deny self and to serve others for His sake, who came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for all. We cannot share in His atoning or redemptive work, but we can and should follow Him in His life of patient service for the blessing of a needy world.
“Obedient and devoted One,
To all the Father’s will,
God’s only, blest, eternal Son,
A servant’s place did fill,
Thou ‘meek and lowly One’ in heart,
We seek Thy subject mind,
We ‘neath Thy yoke would have our part,
Thy restfulness to find.
To ‘walk in love,’ be this our joy,
As Thou hast walked below,
To serve and worship—our employ
As homeward still we go.
Oh, stay our minds and hearts on Thee,
Whilst onward still we press,
That we may more conformed be,
To Thee whose name we bless!”