With Christlike Humility

Dietrich Bonhoeffer observed, "It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others." How true. Even those of us who consider ourselves "self-made" men and women are deeply indebted to more people than we can count. Our first and greatest indebtedness, of course, is to God and His only begotten Son. But we are also indebted to ancestors parents, teachers, friends, spouses, family members, coworkers, fellow believers....and the list goes on.

With so many people who rightfully deserve to share the credit for our successes, how can we gloat? The answer, of course, is that we should not, Proverbs 16:Eighteen warns us that "Pride goes before destruction....." (NIV) And 1 Peter 5:Five teaches us that "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." (NIV)

Reflect On This:
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angles.
                                                                                 -Augustine of Hippo