For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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… going to be the fate of everyone who promotes himself. He said, notice what he said in Luke 14, 11, for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Fourth, to exercise humility, you must be willing to give up your rights. In Matthew 20, verse 28, Jesus made a remarkable statement about himself. He said, for the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. Well, we've heard that so often we forget what an astounding comment that is. I mean, Jesus Christ is the one who flung this whole world into existence by a single word. He created everything. If anyone had the right to be served, it was Jesus Christ. If anyone had the right to see us, you and I as simply tools to accomplish his purpose, it would be Jesus. But Jesus said, the reason I came to earth was not to have people serve me, but so that I could serve others to meet their needs. If we're going to become like Christ, it means we have to be willing to do that as well. The essence of humility is giving up our rights, our privileges, our agenda in order to meet the needs of other people. …
… god be merciful to me a sinner i tell you this is jesus speaking this man went down to his house justified rather than the other for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted. So when no one thanked you for the money you gave, when someone else got the promotion at your job for your hard work, when no one saw you help out that person, what is your response when it goes completely unseen? Are you more concerned with obedience or your image. See, when these things happen, we must pose the question to ourselves, what am I really in this for? What are my intentions? Because the moment we do something that we at first think is for the glory of God and that thought creeps into our head, well, no one's going to see it, right? Is it even worth doing if you don't post about it on your story, right? It is that thought that reveals the intentions of our hearts. And I think it's through that process of being honest before God that we actually get away from being dependent on our image and our influence and more dependent on him. St. John of the Cross wrote about this in his book, The Dark Night of the Soul. And I don't agree with all the theology in the book. It's also very, very old, all right? It's like very old and it's hard to read, but there's a good part. It says this, …
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. May you have a seat. So not too long ago, I came across this post online. It's just like a normal, it was a normal like birthday post from a dad to their son. And it's the kind of thing you'll see on Instagram, you know, a bunch of pictures of the kid and so the post or like on Facebook, whatever. And it was very normal. Again, as I say, you see it all the time. And it was very sweet. The dad is just posting saying like, you know, about his child, like, hey, you're the best, you know, the post was, you're the best kid. Like you're the best brother to your siblings, you know, that the best son I could ever dream of. Like, you're just the best kid ever. I remember seeing that and thinking, well, actually, that's super sweet. Like, that's very nice. It's a great thing for a dad to say. And then, you know, there's something in you sometimes, and I have this something in me sometimes that at the same time I was reading that and thinking, oh, what a nice thing for a dad to say. …