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"Remember how the Lord your God led you through the
wilderness for forty years, to humble you." Deut. 8:2

We learn humility by a deep discovery of 
what we are; by an opening up of . . .
the corruption,
the weakness, 
the wickedness, 
of our fallen nature.

The Lord's way of teaching His people humility is 
by placing them first in one trying spot, and then 
in another; by allowing . . .
some temptation to arise;
some stumbling block to be in their path;
some besetting sin to work upon their corrupt affections;
some idol to be embraced by their idolatrous heart;
something to take place to draw out the sin which is 
in their heart; and thus make it manifest to their sight.

As a general rule, we learn humility, not by hearing 
ministers tell us what wicked creatures we are; nor 
by merely looking into our bosoms and seeing a whole 
swarm of evils working there; but from being compelled 
by painful necessity to believe that we are vile, through 
circumstances and events time after time bringing to 
light those hidden evils in our heart, which we once
thought ourselves pretty free from.

We learn humility, not merely by a discovery of what
we are, but also by a discovery of what Jesus is. 

We need a glimpse . . .
of Jesus,
of His love,
of His grace,
of His blood.

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