OF BEING HONORED
““When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.” Luke 14:8-9 NIV
Pride often shows itself not in what we say, but in where we place ourselves.
Jesus’ words in this parable may seem simple, but they carry deep spiritual wisdom as it relates to social life among all people. Taking the place of honor, or otherwise said ‘self exaltation’ reveals a heart that is eager to be seen, affirmed, and elevated.
Proverbs 16:18 warns us that pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. When we exalt ourselves, circumstances or God himself may humble us publicly. Contrary to humbling ourselves, where God can preserve our dignity and exalt us before men.
It does go without saying that we do not remain humble for the purpose of being exalted, but because humility in itself is a death to self that the works of God may flow freely in and through us without the hindrance of the flesh.
Let it be said of you that the closer you got to the throne of grace, the more humble your spirit became. Praise Jesus!
Prayer: My Father, I thank you for this wisdom. My heart is not haughty neither do I mind matters too great for me. As your spirit counsels, corrects and guides me, may it be said of me that the likeness of Christ was more evident in my life by the day, to the glory of your name. Amen!
CI.
RELATED RESOURCES
• Proverbs 15:33
• James 4:6
• Proverbs 25:6
