Humility

Corbin and I watched a Mark Driscoll sermon last night about humility (taken from 1 Peter 5:5-14). Wow. Convicting, encouraging, helpful…yes yes and yes. From watching this, I have learned a lot about humility, pride, and even anxiety. We took notes throughout the video, so I am putting them on here in hopes that they may be helpful to you. Most everything down there is directly from the sermon (italicized is me). I pray this will be useful to you!

Just to clarify…

Nobody is humble, but we are to pursue humility by the Grace of God.

Humility is not: fear of man.

Humility is:

• Fear of the Lord
• Christ-like (to follow Him)
• Accepting/Knowing your place

Some things to know…

• We are to receive grace humbly and give it gladly.
•  Joy is not as much an emotion as it is a lifestyle.
• There is a difference between God’s timing and God’s calling.
• Plan A is humility. Learn first and God will exalt you. Plan B is humiliation. You make yourself high and God takes you down. I suggest plan A.
•  Humble people are able to live their life differently and enjoy it gladly.
• Humble people know their sin.

Humble Christians…

• Humble Christians respect their elders
• Humble Christians make good leaders 
• Humble Christians understand their life
• Humble Christians bless their church

Here are 8 questions to consider…

1. Am I teachable?
2. How do I respond to correction?
3. Do I repent quickly and thoroughly?
4. Am I considerate of other people?
5. Do I serve and receive well?
6. Am I consistently aware of God’s grace in my life?
7. Do I disagree agreeably?
8. How much attention and affirmation do I require?

Anxiety:

•   When anxiety happens I need to repent, not manage. I can’t know the future. I can’t control the future. Humble people know that God’s omniscient, I’m not. God’s sovereign, I’m not. Anxiety is not “things I need to manage”, it’s “things to be repented of.”
• Satan’s best tactic is to appeal to my pride.
•  We live in a world where pride is a virtue, not a vice.

Leave with these great reminders…

• When you think of Jesus, think of Him in His humility for your example, and Him in His glory for your eternity.
•  We will suffer for a little while, as we limp home to the King and His Kingdom.
• Some would say Christianity is the easiest religion because to be saved from wrath, death, and hell you need to DO nothing but repent and believe. I would say that makes it the hardest because it requires humility.
• Pray to be humble, serve others, love others, and also receive well.

*Not if, but where is the pride in my life?*

Watch sermon here:)