With Humility comes Honor

Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors. Proverbs 29:23 (Message)

To those whom God loves there is a way that is at times difficult, hard to handle, a struggle at best. Our Creator creates for us times and seasons that include floods of sorrow; moments of intense pain; mixed with a longing for eternal relief. Yet, much more than simple relief—for everyone desires relief from pain… yet our hearts, our souls, our lives crave and beg for the return of the King of Kings. Our desire is to see Him in glory, in complete honor, and reigning on high!

Until then we hold onto Christ through faith, hope, and a love that will endure whatever difficulties we much face. For we know that it changes us and creates in us Christ Jesus--and seeing Christ working within us is worth it all… worth any uneasiness of this present time.

Therefore, we’ve grown accustomed to uneasiness. We know the feeling of loss. We understand certain dimensions of humility—we’ve all lived in and with pride. Pride that ever softly or ever boldly our Father in Heaven is working out of us…

Our Heavenly Father is faithful—ever faithful to change our environment all to change our hearts. God knows that we cannot change on our own and His mercy calls for certain ‘elements’ to rise and come against/prepare us to be ever more faithful—ever more humble.

A change not taken on by ourselves or through our own strength but as we are the work of Christ it is Him who works—it is Christ at work in our hearts.

Outwardly we may grimace, even groan beneath the trials and tribulations that we face. Tears may wet our face and lasting comfort in this body may not come. Yet inwardly much more is taking place. Inwardly our hearts are joyful for we have in us the hope of eternity, the return of the King, and the lasting comfort of a loving Father.

Today; tomorrow; and in the coming spans of time we will face humility. For like our example Christ we have our cross to bear and it’s a burden that we see in the mirror of our nature daily.

Today we may suffer but come eternity’s tomorrow we will have honor as we rule and reign with Christ forevermore!