He giveth grace unto the humble.
(James 4:6)
Humble hearts seek grace, and therefore they get it.
Humble hearts yield to the sweet influences of grace, and so it is bestowed on them
more and more largely. Humble hearts lie in the valleys where streams of grace
are flowing, and hence they drink of them, Humble hearts are grateful for grace
and give the Lord the glory of it, and hence it is consistent with His honor to
give it to them.
Come, dear reader, take a lowly place. Be little in thine
own esteem, that the Lord may make much of thee. Perhaps the sigh breaks out,
"I fear I am not humble." It may be that this is the language of true
humility. Some are proud of being humble, and this is one of the very worst
sorts of pride. We are needy, helpless, undeserving, hell-deserving creatures,
and if we are not humble we ought to be. Let us humble ourselves because of our
sins against humility, and then the Lord will give us to taste of His favor. It
is grace which makes us humble, and grace which finds in this humility an
opportunity for pouring in more grace. Let us go down that we may rise. Let us
be poor in spirit that God may make us rich. Let us be humble that we may not
need to be humbled but may be exalted by the grace of God
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