Humility's Hiddenness
Theme of the Week: Know Who You Ar
Sunday, June 17, 2007
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Who Said It…Michael Card
An accomplished songwriter and musician, hoped as a youth to get into forestry so he wouldn't have to interact with people. His musical journey began when he wrote a song as a favor to his pastor while pursuing graduate biblical studies. Because Michael takes the teaching content of his lyrics seriously, he typically devotes a year to extensive background study before writing them. His words are woven with melody into stories that spark the imagination and rekindle faith. What He Said…Humility's Hiddenness
Artists in medieval times didn't sign their work. It never occurred to them to do so. (Michelangelo signed only one of his early sculptures, the Pieta—because he was incensed that some people were attributing it to another artist. He later deeply regretted his conceit.) Their art was a gift meant to point away from themselves and toward the God who gave it. They were safely hidden in Christ, free from the tyranny of the self. They knew the great truth that they were nothing more and nothing less than children of a great King who had been entrusted with a sacred task: to win praise for their Lord.
Knowing who we are is the hiddenness of humility. It is believing that the giftedness we may possess is not of our own making, that the purpose of its being given is not that we might gain attention or praise for ourselves, but that we might respond in gratitude with our best creative effort to win praise for the One who first gave the gift.
Adapted from Scribbling in the Sand (InterVarsity, 2002) by permission.
Copyright © 2007 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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Lord, grant me a clearer view of myself that includes both giftedness and fallenness.
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