Be humble and wise

Greetings:
God's Word talks a lot about being humble and coming to the realization that we are nothing without God.
As I prayed this morning about what to share, an inner voice tugged at my heart and said, “Be humble and rise.”
Being humble is not human nature, but God-inspired through his Holy Spirit.
We do not become humble instantly when we accept Christ and begin to follow him. Becoming humble is a process, a walk along a learning path that does have some bumps, curves and challenging terrain.
When we are humble we don't have as many problems with pride, arrogance, ego, self-exaltation, haughtiness, and self-will.
When we are humble God is able to work through us in a manner in which he desires.
The benefits for 'me' and 'I' slip from our thinking and actions and the 'we' in harmony with God becomes more prominent.
Look at James 4:6-10 (NLT) and we get a clearer picture about what being humble before God means and how it impacts our lives.
“God opposes the proud but favors the humble. So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.  Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.”
The Bible says a humble heart trembles before God’s Word.
Read on to Isaiah 66:2 (NLT). It says: “My hands have made both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine.  I, the Lord, have spoken! 'I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word'.”
Are we trembling as we read God's Word or just reading it and not truly understanding what God is telling us?
Those with humble hearts don’t read God’s Word carelessly, but rather with hearts that are tender and open to hear what God’s Word might have to say to them to convict them or teach them.
When we are humble we take God’s Word seriously and soak it up like a sponge and the act of hearing it with great reverence and persistence.
When we are humble we actually believe God's Word rather than just read it.
There is a love and value for what God says that clearly sets apart the humble from the proud.
Two of the greatest people in the Bible –– Moses and Jesus Christ –– are the hallmarks of humility and should prove as an example of the way we need to strive to be like God in order that we can work for God.
If we seek to be happy, to be led by the Holy Spirit, and be like Moses and Jesus, we need to possess humility.
Humility must be the object of special desire and made a part of our character through prayer, faith, study, and discipline.
Pride is a part of the human nature, a terrible inner force with a Satanic origin. We must depend on the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit to acquire humility.
We must acknowledge that there‘s nothing good in ourselves, except as we are made a servant unto God.
We must let our natural self die in order to become a vessel to the glory of God.
The humble heart values the welfare of others ahead of its own.
Philippians 2:3-8 (NLT) says, “Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing. Your attitude should be the same that  Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not demand and cling to his rights as God.  He made himself nothing; he took the humble position of a slave and appeared in human form.  And in human form he obediently humbled himself even further by dying a criminal's death on a cross.”
The Christian experience becomes beautiful, exciting and blessed, when we realize how God is everything. Then, we become able to embrace a sense of being nothing to make way for God.
For Christians, this awareness of the nothingness of ourselves to experience the richness of life through God is the essence of humility.
Humility leads us to humbly admit our need for God.
Humility will lead us to appreciate God, trust God's will for our lives, and give God the glory for all we are and all we will be in the future.
Being humble allows us to say with confidence, “Lord, not my will, but Yours be done”.
Be blessed.