Live in Humility
Have you ever met an angry Christian?
You may have met Christians who seem to grumble, complain, or even speak harshly about others. Maybe you’ve even been that person at times in your own life.
If we’re not careful, we can easily become self-righteous within Christianity. After all, we know the truth and others may not. You might see how tempting it can be to look down on others, demean them, or consider them as worse off than ourselves.
But this misses the point of Jesus’ gospel.
The gospel tells us we all start at the same place. And it’s only by grace through faith that we come to salvation and learn the truth about God’s love for us.
That doesn’t make us any better than other Christians! In fact, as Paul says in Ephesians 4:2, we should actually be humble and gentle with others, rather than harsh and critical. He says we are to be patient with one another, helping each other in every way possible so we can all grow together.
These ideas aren’t original to Paul. They actually came from how Jesus lived his life. As followers of Jesus, we too should strive to be gentle, humble, and patient with everyone in our lives. Regardless of how they look or what they think, every person deserves dignity, patience, and love.
Take some time today to consider a few ways that you can grow in patience, humility, and love with others. It could be slowing down long enough for people to know you care, saying something encouraging to someone, or admitting that you’ve made a mistake.
Make the decision today to live in humility and grace with others.
You may have met Christians who seem to grumble, complain, or even speak harshly about others. Maybe you’ve even been that person at times in your own life.
If we’re not careful, we can easily become self-righteous within Christianity. After all, we know the truth and others may not. You might see how tempting it can be to look down on others, demean them, or consider them as worse off than ourselves.
But this misses the point of Jesus’ gospel.
The gospel tells us we all start at the same place. And it’s only by grace through faith that we come to salvation and learn the truth about God’s love for us.
That doesn’t make us any better than other Christians! In fact, as Paul says in Ephesians 4:2, we should actually be humble and gentle with others, rather than harsh and critical. He says we are to be patient with one another, helping each other in every way possible so we can all grow together.
These ideas aren’t original to Paul. They actually came from how Jesus lived his life. As followers of Jesus, we too should strive to be gentle, humble, and patient with everyone in our lives. Regardless of how they look or what they think, every person deserves dignity, patience, and love.
Take some time today to consider a few ways that you can grow in patience, humility, and love with others. It could be slowing down long enough for people to know you care, saying something encouraging to someone, or admitting that you’ve made a mistake.
Make the decision today to live in humility and grace with others.
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