Humility is where royalty is born

Royalty typically comes from a place of honor, prestige, wealth, and supremacy.  So why was it that the Son of the God came to earth through a teenager girl, in a lowly town, the son of a common carpenter, and in a stable with animals?  Why not in Jerusalem with the Priests?  Why not in Egypt with Pharaoh? Why not in Rome with Caesar?  One conclusion is that God the Father wanted to send us a message about humility.

 

Humility is one of the trademarks of Jesus, from his birth till his death.  It is a value that God chose not only to “tell” us, but to “show” us.  Humility does not come natural for a human.  Our natural tendency is to want prestige, wealth and honor.  We see those things as what is ultimately to be attained in this life.  We would rarely say “By the end of my life, I want to become the most humble person on earth”.  Our hopes and dreams are commonly the exact opposite of that.  Success for us in this life is being the greatest and getting to the top of our ladder (whatever that ladder may be).  Our enemy, the devil, wants us to desire this because he knows that when honor is desired, humility is eliminated.  Our thoughts, opinions, and reactions are formed in those desires.  This is why Nathanael’s reaction in John 1 was so enlightening.

 

John 1:45-46 speak of what our natural response typically is: “Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’ And Nathanael said to him, ‘Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?’  Philip said to him, ‘Come and See’.”

 

Nathanael was in shock and in disbelief that the Messiah would come from a carpenter in Nazareth (a lowly person and in lowly place), and not from a place of royalty and supreme spirituality.  His reaction is indicative of ours.  We too get sucked into a world belief system which teaches that the ultimate place of happiness is found in having a lot of really nice stuff, or in the most acknowledged position, or in the easy and happy life.  But through the example of Jesus, we see that the ultimate seat of honor is found in the least and in the lowest.  It is found in humility.  How are pride, position and possessions keeping you from the best?  Humility is what we are to desire.  Jesus said in Luke 9:24 “For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, is the one who will save it”.  Embrace humility today, because in lowliness of position and possessions is where honor is found.

Comments

[Suzanna Savukas-Duttera]

This is just what I needed to hear today... it's easy to feel so small and insignificant in today's world.. but that's okay because our Lord said the least will be the greatest in God's kingdom... Christ set the example of true humilty by becoming "servant of all"... in our modern society nobody is looked down upon more than one who serves others. Consider the lowly status of a stay-at-home mom... she spends her days looking after children and serving the needs of others. The world looks down at her with pity and says, "What a wasted opportunity... she threw away her life to stay home ans JUST be a wife and mother.. she could have been SO MUCH MORE". As if that wern't bad enough, the public schools are zealously promoting the importance of "self-esteem" to our kids, making them even more self-centered than they already are. Then you have Dr. Phil with all of his worldly wisdom telling the lowly housewives, "You don't LOVE YOURSELF enough.. that's your problem... you need to LOVE YOURSELF more, yada, yada, yada".... Jesus taught just the opposite! He taught us to esteem OTHERS more highly than ourselves... "Love your neighbor as (much as you already love)yourself"... What a concept! To drive the point home He demonstrated true humility and servanthood by washing the dirty feet of His followers (like a mom would) setting Himself apart from all other religious leaders of His day. What a truly amazing God we serve!

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