Monday Reflection \u2013 August 03, 2020Humility \u2013 A Bi-Product of Wisdom
To the humble he shows favour. Proverbs 3:34
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Today\u2019s text is yet another appropriate follow up from the last two weeks. Two weeks ago, the Watchword challenged us to rid ourselves of fool-heartedness and being stubborn. Last week we were invited to recognize the importance of divine wisdom offered to us by the Lord. Such wisdom is revealed in God\u2019s word for the guidance of our lives. Proverbs 3 is really about the wisdom we get from trusting God. Solomon begins this chapter by charging his son to walk rightly with God. This walk involves valuing God\u2019s word and truly trusting him. Verses 5 and 6 contain one of Christians\u2019 favourite text: \u201cTrust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.\u201d For Solomon, he found that God was worthy to be trusted. We also walk right with God by living a humble, reverent life and by honouring God with our possessions.
As we pursue life and seek wisdom, Solomon advises that we must be prepared to receive the hard lessons of wisdom. Doing so involves receiving correction from God with the right heart by not despising nor detesting the chastening of the Lord. God\u2019s correction is given in love and has wonderful benefits. Solomon challenges us to value wise living before God and our fellow humans and give attention to God\u2019s wisdom. He assures us that there is safety in walking in God\u2019s wisdom. God guides those who honour his wisdom into paths of safety and there is nothing safer than living in the wisdom and will of God.
One of the benefits of a life that loves God\u2019s wisdom is a life of humility for which God gives favour or grace. Pride sets God in opposition to us, but humility invites the grace of God. We need to be humble to receive and appreciate God\u2019s grace, since grace is God\u2019s unmerited favour. There is a sense in which Solomon spoke of wisdom and humility as being closely related. Those who are wise enough to see God as he really is and ourselves as we really are will possess a natural and appropriate humility.
Paul reminds us in today\u2019s New Testament text of Philippians 2:3: \u201cDo nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.\u201d
Let\u2019s pursue wisdom and learn the benefits of being humility.
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