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Thursday: This is such a good habit.


Luke 14:11 (AMP), "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted."

Thursday: This is such a good habit.

Over in Proverbs 23 it tells of habits that have some problems with them. Verses 20-23 (AMP) says, "Do not associate with heavy drinkers of wine, or with gluttonous eater of meat. For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, and the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags." There are habits in there that do not turn out for our best. They are not good habits.


But in Luke 14:11 Jesus tells of a good habit. He says, "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted."

Again, "he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted." I'm sorry the habits of drinking and eating the wrong things to excess can be a very real problem but keeping a realistic self-view is a very good, profitable thing to do.

Jesus says in verses 10-13 (MSG), "When you're invited, go and sit at the last place. Then when the host comes he may very well say, 'Friend, come up to the front.' That will give the dinner guests something to talk about! What I'm saying is, if you walk around all high and mighty, you're going to end up flat on your face. But if you're content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself."

Now understand this, God does not create junk. Each one of us is very special. And "he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted." Now it does take work. There is a part of all of us that wants to be noticed, to be lifted up, to be first. And, realizing that God created us to make a difference for His glory is so important. He wants you to become more than yourself but we do it to bring God glory, to make Him look good. That is why we were created. And he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted." And there is the key. We need to keep a realistic self-view and God will make you become more than yourself. And that is a very good habit, isn't it?

Yes, habitually humbling yourself by keeping a realistic self-view means you will become more than yourself. The NLT says verse 11 this way, "For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." That is what Jesus said. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning
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