Thought 298
Humility
“The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. All the paths of the Lord are mercy
and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon
mine iniquity; for it is great. What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
The secret of the Lord is with
them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he
shall pluck my feet out of the net.”
Psalms 25:9-15 KJV
Noah Webster’s 1828
Dictionary defines Meek as: …humble, in an evangelical sense ; submissive to
the divine will ; not proud, self-sufficient or refractory ; not peevish and
apt to complain of divine dispensations. Christ says, “Learn of me, for I am
meek and lowly in heart, and he shall find rest for your souls.” Matt. xi
A mentor of mine has said, “humility is the
key.” In life, being humble is an important key to everything: right standing
with God, proper relationships with people, and most importantly, being in the
right place and season that God has for you. A few years later, the same man
told me that humility and the fear of the Lord when you study them out are
synomomous.
From our text, we learn that the Lord
guides the humble, instructs them, and teaches them His way. As we go on we see
the characteristics of the humble: keeping the demands of covenant of the Lord;
and repentance, crying out: forgive my iniquity, Lord! By the Spirit, we can
also see the Lord reveal through this Scripture that the fear of the Lord and
humility are synonymous because the man that fears the Lord is instructed in
the way chosen for him, in the path that God has anointed him for; and that the
Lord guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
Fearing the Lord brings prosperity and
inheritance, but more than all that, the
Lord confides in those who fear him! He makes his covenant known to them! Like
David wrote, may we cry out and proclaim, my
eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare! Let’s
be humble, let’s Fear the Lord!
