When I first heard the word "haughtiness," I had no idea what this word meant? I had been praying the long............seeking the face of God and I asked the Holy Spirit to reveal to me anything in my heart that I needed to ask for forgiveness for.............it was then I heard the word for the first time...."haughtiness." I had to google it to look up the meaning............and it said:
disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; but at the end.........there it was in bold letters........."PRINCESS PRIDE."
Wow I thought me with my wretched self now I can add "princess pride."
Is this the moment I have been praying for?................The one where I can release my grip and surrender my all?
But it is me with my fists clinched tight. Scared to release to the prayers murmured in the quiet.
Scared of the breaking.............the dying of self.
It's the dawn and it's me who fumbles through prayer. Feeling stiff neck and lost. Die to self I say it over and over again. But "the flesh is the strong," I scream............there is a war that is waging for my very own soul.
If I put on the Armor of God and wear humility then would I not be afraid to die?
Jesus was the meaning to humility when He allowed himself to be nailed to a cross.
Philippians 2:8
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Isaiah 66:2
2 Has not my hand made all these things,
and so they came into being?”
declares the LORD.
“These are the ones I look on with favor:
those who are humble and contrite in spirit,
and who tremble at my word.
He made Himself the very least of these.........coming into a mess for the stentch of my sin and yours.
Could I humble myself just a little more............to die to self is to break yourself from pride.....or should I say........"princess pride."
He who washed the feet of His disciples...........showing the true meaning of humility..........and servant- hood. And in a striking demonstration of LOVE for His enemies when He washed the feet of Judas.
Because of the Cross we humans can understand HUMILITY......which must serve as a model for us all.
We must continue to bend............into the places that are messy where people are not the pretty and serve..........because we serve a Savior who came to be a servant!
Join me this week in learning to bend the lower...........because lower is where we just might see His face!
all is well,
Robbie
