Humility, The Pathway to exaltation.

“By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches and honor and life” (Proverb 22:4).

To rise in life one must first of all descend in life. To become great in the hand of God one must first be small in the hand of God. To be great one must first be little. While pride brings men down humility raises people. Pride made Lucifer to become a devil while humility made Jesus to be lifted above all. To go up you must first of all touchdown. The way up is from down.

Humility is a pathway to honour, greatness and exaltation. Those who have the grace to serve others in humility are easily elevated. We can see this clearly in the lives of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, Elisha, Esther, Joshua and Mary the mother of Jesus.

Jesus left all His glory above to come down to save humanity. He emptied himself of the glory He had with the father, came down to our dirty world, took on the form of humanity, walked the street of Jerusalem like mere man and died on the cross, a shameful death for our salvation. This is the reason why God exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above all names.

Joshua humbled himself and served Moses. He was called the servant of Moses and he did that faithfully. As soon as Moses exited Joshua was elevated. In the same manner, Elisha faithfully served Elijah for 21 years carrying his bag and pouring water on his hand. This led to the exaltation of Elisha. Mary in humility referred to herself as the handmaid of God. Her humility and simplicity gave her the privilege of being the mother of the Saviour of the world. May we remain humble in our duty posts until it pleases the Master to raise us up. May we wear the garment of humility and readiness for all kingdom services.

*CONTROLLING THOUGHT:*
Humility is the pathway to honour, greatness and promotion. To be humble is to be promoted. To be proud is to be demoted.