Topic: Character development (Part Three)
✝️ *Text: Jer. 38: 6*
_*“So they took Jeremiah and forged him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king’s son, that was within the court of the jail, and that they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And within the dungeon there was no water, but mire. therefore Jeremiah sank within the mire”*_
In continuation of the series started 2 days agone, staring at the correct character we'd like to develop and exhibit this year to secure God’s approval and company for the duration of the year. Yesterday we have a tendency to learnt that there's would like for United States of America to be desperate in our walk this year, we have a tendency to should not out of spirit settle for or accept something contrary to God’s way.
The third character that we'd like to develop and pursue in earnest this year is Humility.
We should be humble and keep humble even {when we have a tendency to|once we|after we} feel that we area unit at our peak, we have a tendency to should stay humble. Humility is important as a result of pride that is that the opposite of humility makes United States of America to be enemies of God.
The bible says that God resist the proud.
Wherever you discover pride, a fall is close.
The king’s princes, his court officers, didn’t believe Jeremiah’s warning concerning city as a result of it went against what they already believed to be true.
They didn’t assume capital of Israel may be overtaken by city and didn’t need Jeremiah’s words to discourage the individuals or the troopers.
They could not hear God’s truth as a result of they clung unwaveringly to their own beliefs and wishes. The princes’ disposition to visualize the city’s vulnerability and humble themselves junction rectifier not solely to the unjust treatment of Jeremiah however additionally to the autumn of a nation.
Pride is one in all the foremost troublesome sins to visualize in ourselves.
Admitting we have a tendency to area unit wrong and want to require a special course of action needs humility, that is that the opposite of pride.
God’s word warns against pride throughout the recent and new testaments.
Passages like Prov. 16:18, and one John 2:16, area unit samples of scriptural passages wherever God warns United States of America of the risks of pride.
It ends up in self-destruction and keeps United States of America from being junction rectifier by the Holy Ghost.
If you want to be junction rectifier by God’s Spirit this year.
If you need that God can walk with you this year, then you want to do away proudly.
Don’t be too huge to apologize after you area unit wrong and don’t try and justify yourself once it's obvious that you just area unit wrong.
Humility may be a garment and pride is also a garment, whichever you have got on can confirm whether or not God can stand with you or stand against you.
The choice is yours.
Shalom
Father you're the God of times and seasons. Our times area unit in your hands. I praise you for the grace to with success cross over into another year.
Please keep American state removed from the trail of error, facilitate American state to for good stay in your can as I journey through this year in Jesus name.
Please grant American state grace to be humble and to remain humble for the duration of this year in Jesus name.
After I am wrong please grant American state the grace and also the bravery to just accept responsibility and to apologize wherever necessary in Jesus name.
Please develop the correct character in American state which will facilitate American state to with success navigate my method through this year in Jesus name.