Humility A Key To Success

Humility A Key To Success “Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.” Romans 12:3 Have you ever thought about what God’s will is for you and what He expects from you during your life? I believe God wants each of us to grow in our faith both spiritually and morally throughout our lives. Each of us can experience this growth by reading our Bible’s and becoming closer to our Lord and Savior. God has a plan for each of us, and we grow throughout our life to fulfill the plans He has for us. God tells us all our days were ordained before we ever came to be; He knows our every thoughts and actions even before they happen. Each of us has been given gifts by God that we are to develop and use during our lives to benefit others around us. So often however we develop an attitude that we do not need God to achieve success in our lives. We go our own ways and leave God out, and strive to do it our own way. We begin to take pride in our own abilities when we seem to have our life under control and things are going our way. The thing that we often forget is that whatever we achieve in life is due to God allowing us to achieve it, and it is not achieved by our own efforts. We become prideful and think of ourselves greater than we should. The scripture above tells us that we are in absolute dependence upon God, and to not give ourselves credit for our successes, but to give Him praise for our achievements. We must become humble, and realize that God is in control of all things, and not depend upon our own resources. Pride can be a sin when we think that we are above all others, and don’t realize that God is still in control. Luke 18:14 “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” My Daily Devotional Volume III March 6 Robert William Brock, Jr.