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"Before honour—is humility!" Proverbs 18:12
The Lord always humbles—before He exalts.
He strips us—before He clothes us with the best robe.
He empties us—before He fills us with His grace.
We must be clothed in sack cloth—before we are raised to sit with the princes of His people.
It is the weak—whom He strengthens.
It is the poor—whom He supplies.
It is the condemned—whom He justifies.
It is the homeless—whom He receives.
It is the totally unworthy—whom He crowns with glory!
We must lie low—if we would rise high.
We must be nothing—if we would inherit all things.
We must be quite empty—if we would be filled with all the fullness of God.
He "gives grace unto the humble."
Joseph must lie in the dungeon—before he is seated in the royal palace.
David must be hunted like the partridge upon the mountains—before he is raised to fill the throne of Israel.
Paul must be a poor blind sinner—before he becomes the great apostle.
This is God's plan.
The godly, who are now accounted the "the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world"—are destined to shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father! 1 Corinthians 4:13
Beloved, the lower you descend in humility—the higher you will rise in glory!
The deeper your penitence—the sweeter your joys!
"God resists the proud—but gives grace unto the humble."
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