Life of humility



Proverbs 29:23
“Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.”

I have seen this many times in my life, at work, in school, and playing sports. In a variety of different ways I have seen people who think they are smarter, more qualified, faster, stronger, or just better than others. Sometimes when the time has come that they are humbled the fall is not graceful. The word pride here can be equivalent of someone who is bombastic, boastful, arrogant, or conceited.

In college I got to see first-hand someone who thought they were way better than others because they carried a 4.0 GPA. Then the time came where they received a B and they did not handle it well, they acted like their life was over. I have seen many athletes who did not train hard and were bested by those who were less gifted, but worked harder.

In this life, everything that we do we should approach it with humility and work hard towards accomplishing our goals. We have to stay humble and make sure that in all situations great or small that God receives the glory. I have been on both ends of this proverb, there was a time where I thought I was the best at a sport and was benched for my attitude. And there were times where I worked hard, stayed humble and have been greatly rewarded. Playing sports and in school I had to learn to approach things with a sense of humility, put in the time and effort and check my attitude in every situation.

Challenge: Look at your life and see if you are approaching every area humbly or are you succumb to pride?


“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 (NIV)

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