Marked By Meekness

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7.14

There is a fine line between humility and conceit. Knowing that line is not easy to detect especially when all in life is going well – that is, you are winning the race, ahead of the game, has a lot of knowledge, has a lot of resources, has a lot of financial reserve, has great health, has beauty and brains, has a lot to write about and share, has two or three letters added before or after your name, has no big issues in life, kids are obedient and on the road to success, work is natural and you are able to tackle every task thrown at you.

How can you apply humility to your life when all around you is something to be proud of?

I’m not the fastest swimmer in my local pool but I am a distance swimmer who can last forever for a while. I normally swim a mile every other day. Sometimes, there are fast swimmers who try to compete with me on a few laps. They try to pass over me and then slow down and hold the pace and then manipulate the pace up or down and they know that I am slower. Sometimes I took the challenge and try to race with them but then in a few minutes, I will suffer and could not keep up with the higher pace. So what I learned is that I have my limitations and decided to ignore those invites for speed racing.

I’m by heart – humble with low profile but sometimes I have to keep reminding myself of humility – not to give in to pride and vanity and I’ve learned that there is really no point of being so full of pride because I am marked for meekness. I can have a little but not excessive.

I still crosses the meekness/prideful line once in a while. I am a work in progress.

http://bible.com/59/2ch7.14.esv