Humility begins in the heart. The Bible says, "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth doth speak". Now if your heart is filled with good, your mouth reflects that... and if it's filled with bad, your mouth reflects that, also. Therefore:
If you're a liar, you need to re-examine whether or not you really love Jesus because He wasn't a liar!
If you enjoy spreading rumors, you need to re-examine whether or not you're really following Jesus because Jesus didn't spread rumors!
If you talk about others behind their back, you need to re-examine your life in Christ because Jesus wasn't a back-biter!
And, if you use profanity, you need to check yourself because Jesus Christ didn't have a foul mouth!
I hope there are some "old soldiers" reading this blog who have been on their salvation path for 30, 40 years or more. Hopefully, you haven't become what I call "spiritually arrogant" because you feel you're in deeper communion with God than some others. Just because you're further along in your spiritual walk and stronger in your faith, it's easy to walk and talk with spiritual arrogance, thus you need to be careful! God's gifts are irrevocable, but the presence of God becomes distant when we act superior to others. Remember when God's people are humble, He's drawn to them. Conversely, when pride is present, God resists them.
Fellow Believers, we must be broken, modest & humble, not proud and arrogant. James 4:6 says that, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble". Do you want God's grace upon your life? I'll end with this statement, when God asks us to do something, He always gives us the ability to do it; then He just waits for us to have the courage to do it! Bros & Sis...Just Do It!!!
