#780 - IS HUMILITY ATTAINABLE?

Because the moment you say you have it, isn’t that a display of pride?

Being the prideful person that I am, I don’t personally think humility will ever be attainable for me, but here are several specific areas I KNOW I’m susceptible to pride and the rhetorical questions I ask myself to keep greater degrees of pride and arrogance at bay.

  1. In regards to my gifts, talents, and abilities - They are gifts. In the same way that they were given to me without my permission, they can just as easily be taken away. In the snap of a finger, what, right now, comes so easily to me can, instantly, become impossible. How prideful can I really be in gifts that were never really mine?

  2. In regards to my influence - It is temporary. Temporary until people’s attention is drawn to something or someone else. Temporary until I fail or fall, therefore undermining my ability to be influential. Temporary until someone takes away my platform to be influential. How prideful can I really be in any level of influence I’ve attained when influence is so fickle?

  3. In regards to my wisdom - It is God-given. God gives me the ability to apply the right knowledge to a given situation. God gives me the insight to understand what He is doing at any given moment. God helps me to perceive with spiritual eyes what cannot be seen with physical eyes. How prideful can I really be in a wisdom that I do not manufacture here below, but that is graciously bestowed upon me from above?

  4. In regards to my holiness - It is Spirit-empowered. It is only through the power of the Holy Spirit of God that I ever choose right over wrong. It is only through the power of the Holy Spirit of God that I ever choose the narrow path that leads to life over the wide path that leads to destruction. It is only through the power of the Holy Spirit of God that I ever choose to flee immorality. How prideful can I really be in a holiness that is not of me but is only a result of the power of the Holy Spirit of God in me?

  5. In regards to my success - It is unearned. The “harvest” of success God has given me far exceeds the “seeds” I’ve sown. Have I sown seeds? Absolutely. Did I bring the rain that caused my seeds to grow? Absolutely not. Have I sown seeds worthy of the amount of fruit I am experiencing? Absolutely not. Can I take credit for sowing seeds that produce a good tasting fruit? Absolutely not. How prideful can I really be in a success that is exponentially more miracle than it is man?

Heavenly Father, give me the supernatural ability to always look at my life with sober judgement. Help me to see that because it’s all grace there is absolutely no room for any pride. And when I forget this, please give me the additional supernatural ability to quickly confess and repent of my pride before you and others. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.