Humility - the Path to Greatness

UV 3317/10000 Humility – The Path to Greatness
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18 v 4

The child Jesus called to His side is the epitome of simplicity, innocence, humility, goodness. He pointed out to His followers the path to greatness is through such simplicity, the absence of guile. The child obeyed Jesus implicitly and neither hesitated nor doubted nor asked questions why Jesus was calling him to his side. He trusted Jesus completely. We too need to trust Jesus completely and render unquestioning obedience to whatever He asks of us. A child-like innocence should characterize all our actions, reactions and communications.
However, mature, knowledgeable, clever, accomplished we become, in comparison with the wisdom, power and knowledge of God, we are mere children. As Paul writes, “ We see in part, we know in part.” However, strong and powerful we might become in the sight of the world, we are weak and vulnerable before the Lord. Our sense of awe of the might, infinite power, the absolute holiness of God ought to make us always humble before Him. We cannot be egoistic or boastful in His presence and His presence wraps us up all the time.

The child did not consciously humble himself but was naturally humble. But as grown up as we have become, we should get rid of our past conditioning that tends to make us proud, stubborn, unbending and insensitive. We need to consciously humble ourselves, day after day, degree by degree, comprehending the grace of Jesus. We need to be grateful towards Jesus for manifesting His love towards us. Humility, unlike the natural humility of the child, is in us a supernatural grace obtained by walking in close fellowship with the Holy Spirit. It comes from continual submission and obedience to the Word of God.