| God greatly desires that the believer “be clothed with humility,” and this must be genuine, that which will stand “in the sight of the Lord,” not the put-on “voluntary humility” of one “vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind.” Humility is just the opposite of pride and haughtiness, and “before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.” Verily “pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” He “whose name is Holy” says that “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” For “whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.” That being the case, “humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.” And how do we thus “humble [ourselves] under the mighty hand of God”? The succeeding verse tells us. It is by “casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” When we do this, we are confessing that we ourselves cannot handle our cares, and we will find that “He giveth more grace … unto the humble.” |
