Our Daily Bread Devotional | 9th August 2022 — Humility Is the Truth
Our Daily Bread Devotional | 9th August 2022 — Humility Is the Truth
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TOPIC: Humility Is the Truth
TEXT: Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Psalms 77–78, Romans 10
Today’s Scripture & Insight: James 4:1–11
Our Daily Bread Devotional | 9th August 2022 — Humility Is the Truth
Reflecting one day on why God values humility so highly, sixteenth-century believer Teresa of Avila suddenly realized the answer: “It is because God is the supreme Truth, and humility is the truth. . . . Nothing good in us springs from ourselves. Rather, it comes from the waters of grace, near which the soul remains, like a tree planted by a river, and from that Sun which gives life to our works.” Teresa concluded that it’s by prayer that we anchor ourselves in that reality, for “the whole foundation of prayer is humility. The more we humble ourselves in prayer, the more will God lift us up.”
Our Daily Bread Devotional | 9th August 2022
Teresa’s words about humility echo the language of Scripture in James 4, where James warned of the self-destructive nature of pride and selfish ambition, the opposite of a life lived in dependence on God’s grace (vv. 1–6). The only solution to a life of greed, despair, and constant conflict, he emphasized, is to repent of our pride in exchange for God’s grace. Or, in other words, to “humble yourselves before the Lord,” with the assurance that “he will lift you up” (v. 10).
Our Daily Bread Devotional | 9th August 2022 — Humility Is the Truth
Only when we’re rooted in the waters of grace can we find ourselves nourished by the “wisdom that comes from heaven” (3:17). Only in Him can we find ourselves lifted up by the truth.
Reflect & Pray
How does pride hinder true prayer and experience of God’s grace? How have you experienced the freedom of humility through prayer?
Loving God, thank You for the gift of life with You. Thank You that I don’t need to be more than I am. Thank You that in You I find all that I need and more.
Prayer Of Salvation
Thank you for reading Devotional Here Today On Kingdom Sermons, You are encouraged to please give your life to the LORD JESUS CHRIST if you have not done that before.
Say This Prayer
Dear God,
I come to You in the Name of Jesus. I admit that I am not right with You, and I want to be right with You. I ask You to forgive me of all my sins. The Bible says if I confess with my mouth that “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in my heart that God raised.
