Saturday, 27 July 2013

True humble nature – Part 1

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor. Proverbs 18:12
The world today, follow people who speak highly about themselves. You will see many celebrities in various fields talking highly about themselves. They speak, because they have made their own life. No one generally looks at how they have reached that place. Today the world is running behind the outcome, no matter how it comes. People want success no matter how it comes. They are ready to compromise on everything that is needed to get it.
They only live for the present. They think and assume that they are living for the future, but actually they are living for the present. The person who compromises on things can never last in the longer run. The person who has based things on principles and follows it under all circumstances, not only lasts but even outlasts. Under stressful conditions it is difficult to make the right choice and even stick on to your principles. But if God is in your heart, stress will not overcome you. Instead, you will conquer stress and also make the right decisions.

Proverbs 21:5 the thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want/poverty/lack. You will see proud people have an opinion about self. They hate people who have a contrary opinion or opinion that is below their self-opinion. A humble person doesn't have own (self) opinion. His opinion is based on what God has to say about him/her.
If God says, “You are special, that person without a second thought, has the same opinion.” Also if God says, “You are the worst, without a second thought has the same opinion.” Such people will not have low self-esteem, neither will they try to seek acceptance or approval from others. Humble people are not people pleasers, they please only God. That's why they are able to stand boldly before anyone and also know how to speak to people in gentle and loving way. They will not speak highly about self because they don't have an opinion about self. They never focus on self.

– Jimsen & Sneha

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