How is humility viewed in our culture? I’m guilty of telling former students to build their resume, create a platform of character to promote themselves for scholarships or a career. Something happens with this mindset that reduces a humble, dependent life on our Great Shepherd. In the process of career advancement and we often forget that we may need to begin small, or serve others in humility. Following Christ involves loving others behind the scene without being noticed.
“Humility is a perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is trouble.” “As natural and easy as it is to be proud, it must become natural for us to be humble.” ― Andrew Murray
“The very first step to becoming a follower of Jesus Christ is the humble admission that we need him. Nothing keeps us out of the kingdom of God more surely than our pride and self-sufficiency.” - John R.W. Stott, Why I Am a Christian
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