Humility and Stepping on the Ego
"11 But he that is greatest among you, let him be your servant.
12 For whosoever [o]will exalt himself, shall be brought low: and whosoever will humble himself, shall be exalted."-Matthew 23:11-12
I have been thinking a lot about the discord and fighting that has been going on in the world. How everyone wants to have his/her own way. I ask myself what is the way towards unity? For the past few months I have been reading through the OT. In the past, I think I skipped over certain books in the OT because of my own "sensitivities" to reading about fighting and wars. As I read through the "Kings" it has given me a even greater understanding and appreciation of why Yeshua taught so much on the importance of being humble (even more so if you are in a position of power!). It is like a paradox -the more power I have the more humble I must be. When I think about it- the willingness or lack thereof to be humble reverberates through all spheres of relationships and societal issues that we have today. Everyone enjoys being King or Queen :-) but no one wants to be servant. Even as a Teacher/Preacher/Rabbi/Elder/Governor/Husband/Wife/Parent/Child/CEO/ or whatever title we may have the willingness to step on our own ego-to show humility will most likely determine whether or not we are fostering unity or strife.
Our willingness to seek humility can even have internal consequences in terms of our own "sense of peace" inside. For example, there are times (many times, lol) when I have desired that such and such would have happened or a person(s) would have done something the way I would have thought was best and did not...Or to even ask Yah why are things this way in my life? Why are things this way in the world? These situations still require me to be humble in order that I might have peace within myself. Life doesn't always go the way we planned. People don't always do what we would like them to do. I don't always do what I would like to do in regards to myself as our brother Paul would say. I fail other people. People fail me. And Yah has His own plans for the world and me. I don't have all the answers. Sometimes I am right. Sometimes I am wrong. Somethings maybe revealed and somethings maybe hidden for a season. Somethings are just none of our business (I tell myself this all the time, lol). Yet still, I have to lay down myself and step on my own ego because of who Yah sent me to be. The unique role I have in His kingdom. We all have "titles" and "roles" in this life. How we use them is of what most importance.
May we seek unity in His name!
-Cassandra B.
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