25/09/2021
"FATHER KNOWS BEST"
Daily humble yourselves before God. Understand that God will not force you to crucify your flesh. You must start the process on your own. You must empty yourself of your self. If you'll do that, God will step in and provide the grace and power for you to walk in biblical humility. 1 Peter 5:5 says, "Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility." To end all conflict you must put off self and put on humility (Col. 3:12). You must replace self with Christ. You've got to replace the bad with something good. If you don't, the bad will return and will be more destructive than it was before. The self-indulgent nature of the flesh reveals itself in conflict, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, and selfish ambition causing division among people and the feeling that everyone is wrong except you. Phil. 2:3 says, "Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit." These two things always bring conflict. Selfish ambition says, "It's all about me" and vain conceit says, "I'm always right." Is it any wonder that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble?