But John tried to stop/ resist/ hinder/ forbid Jesus saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me. Matthew 3:14
The bible points out clearly that John the baptist resisted Jesus doing the perfect will of God. John himself at that point, was walking out of the will of God and was trying to talk Jesus out of the will of God. Many will see this as humility. But this is false humility. Everything that comes out of the flesh is corrupt. John was thinking he is pleasing Jesus by trying to be humble, but he missed the point. True humility is in obeying the word of God. Taking the word of God at its face value. Doing what God tells you to do without any questions is true humility. There is no second thought or second part to it.
John the baptist would have missed the will of God because of his false humility. This happens to many of us. We miss the perfect will of God and the blessing associated with it due to our false humility. We try to show ourselves as humble before the people, but in our heart our intentions are different. The obedience that comes with the intent of pleasing God and, not ourselves or with any other mean intentions, is true humbleness. When God asks you to do something, you know that you can't do it, yet you are doing it, its difficult for you, its very inconvenient for you, yet you are doing it with a heart to please God, is true humbleness coming from God. This humility pleases God. When the focus is not on yourself, but God and others, its true humility. Everything that turns out to be a reaction instead of an action, maximum times is because of self importance, which further leads to pride. Pride stops you from doing God's will.
- Jimsen & Sneha
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