Wholeness: humility

Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. -1st Peter 5:7

In a previous post, I discussed how to apply the above verse. My major point was that if you considered the broader context of the passage then humility is the key to making it work. While that may sound simple, it really isn't. This series has surely brought that out since humility is crucial to petitioning anything from God, especially wholeness. That means being absolutely honest with God and ourselves. That level of humility leads to facing yourself. It is not enough to just acknowledge a fault, but we got to own it to overcome. That has a habit of humbling ourselves even further. That inevitably leads to dealing with it, which often reveals just how strong we are not. This can humble us even further still. It may also involve facing old scars and wounds, which can truly be the most disarming part of the whole humbling process, which can be a source of anxiety for many of us.

If you can manage to do all that without making excuses or rationalizing, then you may be ready to wield God's strength and become what you were truly called to be. Humility is seldom associated with strength, but as you can see it takes great courage to humble ourselves enough to become that vulnerable. This context of courageous humility brings some clarity to God's words to Paul of "my power is made perfect in weakness" in 2nd Corinthians 12:9. Biblical humility is not a path for the faint of heart at all. So let's stop trivializing humbleness.

The Visusal PARABLEist

In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. -1st Peter 5:5-6

“The memories we don’t want to remember need to be revisited in order to be made new.” -Lidia Longorio

“The whole history of God and man recounted in the Bible is the story of God wanting to entrust men with his power, and men not being able to handle it.” -Dallas Willard