For They Shall Inherit The Earth

There is perhaps no indicator of spiritual health like humility. It is a quiet, restful place free of needing to prove or validate ourselves. There is no energy wasted on competition. We are just comfortable in our skin .... grateful for what God has done for us .... owning our Lord and his perfect sacrifice. We needed forgiving .... and we got it .... we needed to be made whole .... and we have been .... we need God for everything ..... we know this .... we ask and receive. And in the receiving we have it all. For as children of God, dependent on him we stand to inherit all that he is and all that he has for the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.

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I have said before in this blog that submission to God and thereby humility is the first step towards sanity. Needing to prove ourselves or put ourselves forward robs God of his glory. We simply cannot fill his shoes and you just lose your mind trying. How many kooky people will tell you that they are Jesus Christ or God or some eminent person ... here is an individual who has lost it because they either felt compelled to prove their own significance or just simply suffered from grandiosity. It is true that genius often trembles on the verge of insanity. Submit yourselves to God and to authority and you will be noticed but not for the wrong reasons.

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Not to say that in humility we are sitting on our hands .... or that performance doesn't matter ... it does. But nothing spoils the performance like the temptation to pride. We notice another persons poor behavior .... while we have accomplished something really grand .... or we're looking really good .... it is the fly in the ointment. To look down on others ... to have accomplished something and then spoil it with a lack of humility. So humility is a crown to the achiever but also for those who don't measure up. For those who, though trying their best, fall short of the gifts and perfections of others and can be okay with it. Whether we can or can't ... whether we are or aren't ... humility is becoming.

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When I am blasted and rocked with the temptation to pride or competition I am armed with the knowledge of where I ought to be and so I can come to my Lord and Savior and ask him for what I need ..... and he who did not spare his own son but gave him up for us all will surely give me every good thing. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.