Humility Produces Abundance
July 10, 2013 Leave a comment
“The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.” Proverbs 22:4 AMP
“Humility-a disposition to be humble; lack of false pride; marked by meekness or modesty, not arrogant or prideful”
“Superbia-unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins); pride”
“Rich-abundant, affluent, comfortable, easy, flush, loaded, moneyed, privileged, prosperous, wealthy, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do”
There are so many ways we can cross the line between being humble and being prideful. I think humans by design are prideful. We take pride in everything. We take pride in our work and the results it brings. We take pride of our possessions and would like the whole world to notice it. Pride is a motivator (in some ways) it drives us into action. But too much pride has a negative effect specially when it is mixed with arrogance.
The principle laid out in the Bible is always opposite to what a natural man thinks. I’m still amazed by this thinking: do you want to be rich, give to the poor ; do you want to be peaceful, reach out to those who are needy; do you want to be at the top, be at the ground level with the lowly; do you want to be smart and wise, don’t think on your own and rely in your own understanding; do you want joy, make other people happy; do you want to feel superior, be a follower; do you want to increase, decrease; do you want to be the first, be the last person.
So in theory, if you really want to excel in life, do the opposite of what you think.
The theory behind why it can succeed is when your cup is empty or your resources are dipping low, it produces a need. Imagine an empty cup in front of you, if that cup remains empty, there is always room for it to be filled. But imagine that the cup is full, there is no more space to fill.
The purpose of money is for “giving”.
Generosity produces wealth. When you are generous, God sees your heart and He quickly rearranges your life so that you will not run out. Think of yourself as being the pipeline of resources and the Heavenly Father is the source.
So how does humility produces abundance?
When we are humble, we become so dependent with God. We give up our own strength, own power, and own wisdom and we are no longer in control. When God is in control, He has more leverage in all areas of our life and can manipulate our circumstances to produce the best outcome. When we do it on our own, our capabilities are limited because we can only see what is in front of us. God sees the whole, we see only the portion of what we are trying to accomplish.
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