The virtue of humility
Faustino de Jesús Zamora Vargas
SUMMARY: Humility is one of the most difficult challenges in leading a Christian life that pleases God. Humility allows us to acknowledge before God that we are sinners and can achieve nothing without Him. Christ is the paradigm of humility, and through His humility to the point of death on the cross, we have been saved and inherit a glorious future. Living humbly before God brings abundant grace to our life, and we should distance ourselves from all manifestations of pride and arrogance. Jesus left us a beautiful message to imitate Him with renewed faith and unconditional love.
One of my deepest and most heartfelt requests to God is that He produce in me a spirit of humility. Humility of heart is one of the most difficult challenges to lead a Christian life that pleases God. Why is it so difficult to be humble? Why even pretending to be spiritual and trying to please God in all things, does the heart deceive us with its pride? Many times I have found myself in situations in which, wanting to show in practice actions charged with apparent spirituality, I deeply perceive certain presumptions of pride and self-centeredness. No one can imagine how frustrated you can feel when you know that God has "discovered" you in such tricks of the heart. When this has happened, my soul seeks prayer to put me right with Him.
Humility is contrasted with arrogance, arrogance and pride. Conceit and vanity disqualify us as Christians from before embarking on any good career even sustained by faith and, in the end, they do not let you see clearly the face of God. When we practice humility, first of all, we are acknowledging before God that we are sinners, that we can achieve nothing without Him, that our submission to His will is not optional. Humility allows us to be a channel of blessing for other people as long as it has its origin in the heart of God himself. The Lord exalts the humble (Psalm 147: 6). When we disguise humility with a false spirituality, we play the enemy of this world and also become deceivers. … But beware! We cannot deceive our Lord.
Christ is the paradigm of humility par excellence. He humbled himself like no one else (Philippians 2: 8); Through his humility to the point of death on the cross, we have been saved and inherit today a glorious future. Is this not reason enough to smash all presumption and pride in our Christianity sometimes disturbed by the passions of the world and, on the contrary, to pray and commend our spirit to daily humiliation at the feet of our Lord?
The holiness of God, his greatness and eternal power manifested in our Christian walk, in what he has done in your life and in mine, should be enough for us to live according to his will and to distance ourselves from all manifestations of pride and arrogance. Living humbled before God will bring abundant grace to our life; "God ... gives grace to the humble" (Pr. 3:34) because to humble oneself is to renounce the cheers of the world - and even of the brothers of the faith - for the apparent successes that we achieve by the grace of God and prostrate ourselves, acknowledging to others as superior to ourselves. Jesus left us a beautiful message that sums up everything expressed so far in a verse that confronts us with our subtleties and gaps, but also encourages us to imitate him with renewed faith and unconditional love. The Lord tells us: "Learn from me, for I am meek and humble in heart" (Mt. 11:29).
God bless you!
Humility is contrasted with arrogance, arrogance and pride. Conceit and vanity disqualify us as Christians from before embarking on any good career even sustained by faith and, in the end, they do not let you see clearly the face of God. When we practice humility, first of all, we are acknowledging before God that we are sinners, that we can achieve nothing without Him, that our submission to His will is not optional. Humility allows us to be a channel of blessing for other people as long as it has its origin in the heart of God himself. The Lord exalts the humble (Psalm 147: 6). When we disguise humility with a false spirituality, we play the enemy of this world and also become deceivers. … But beware! We cannot deceive our Lord.
Christ is the paradigm of humility par excellence. He humbled himself like no one else (Philippians 2: 8); Through his humility to the point of death on the cross, we have been saved and inherit today a glorious future. Is this not reason enough to smash all presumption and pride in our Christianity sometimes disturbed by the passions of the world and, on the contrary, to pray and commend our spirit to daily humiliation at the feet of our Lord?
The holiness of God, his greatness and eternal power manifested in our Christian walk, in what he has done in your life and in mine, should be enough for us to live according to his will and to distance ourselves from all manifestations of pride and arrogance. Living humbled before God will bring abundant grace to our life; "God ... gives grace to the humble" (Pr. 3:34) because to humble oneself is to renounce the cheers of the world - and even of the brothers of the faith - for the apparent successes that we achieve by the grace of God and prostrate ourselves, acknowledging to others as superior to ourselves. Jesus left us a beautiful message that sums up everything expressed so far in a verse that confronts us with our subtleties and gaps, but also encourages us to imitate him with renewed faith and unconditional love. The Lord tells us: "Learn from me, for I am meek and humble in heart" (Mt. 11:29).
God bless you!
