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With Humility, November 24
I Too May Conquer
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the
humble in spirit.
Proverbs 29:23
Man may lift himself up in pride and boast of his power, but in an
instant God can bring him to nothingness. It is Satan’s work to lead men
to glorify themselves with their entrusted talents. Every man through
whom God works will have to learn that the living, ever-present, ever-
acting God is supreme, and has lent him talents to use—an intellect to
originate; a heart to be the seat of his throne; affections to flow out in
blessing to all with whom he shall come in contact, a conscience through
which the Holy Spirit can convict him of sin, of righteousness, and of
judgment.
Pride, ignorance, and folly are constant companions. The Lord is
displeased with the pride manifested among His professed people.
Parents, ... it is easier for you to teach your children a lesson of pride
than a lesson of humility.
Before honor is humility. To fill a high place before men, Heaven
chooses the worker who ... takes a lowly place before God. The most
childlike disciple is the most efficient in labor for God. The heavenly
intelligences can cooperate with him who is seeking, not to exalt self,
but to save souls.... From communion with Christ he will go forth to
work for those who are perishing in their sins. He is anointed for his
mission, and he succeeds where many of the learned and intellectually
wise would fail....
The simplicity, the self-forgetfulness, and the confiding love of a little
child are the attributes that Heaven values. These are the characteristics
of real greatness.
Solomon was never so rich or so wise or so truly great as when he
confessed, “I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.”
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