False Humility
Theme of the Week: Know Who You Are
Michael Card
Friday, June 22, 2007
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Key Bible Verse: "Then who are you? … What do you have to say about yourself?" John 1:22. Bonus Reading: John 1:19-28
That was a good concert," someone will say to me.
"Oh no," I moan, "I sang flat, my guitar was out of tune. … " This passes for humility. But it is a disguised form of pride, a ploy to hear more compliments. At these moments I've forgotten who I am, and look to strangers to tell me. I've lost sight of the truth of what Jesus has done in and for me. This is a perilous place to be, a dangerous trap.
Genuine biblical humility is nothing more or less than knowing the truth of who we are in Christ. Only relationship with Him can give us the genuine article. Jesus reveals to us two crucial truths about ourselves, and in the tension between these truths lies real humility.
On the one hand He convicts us of our sin and fallenness, telling us our righteousness is really only filthy rags. And then in the next breath, smothering us with a big hug like the father of the prodigal son, He tells us how much we are valued, that in spite of our rebelliousness He loves us so much that He'd rather die than live without us.
We are men who are truly hopeless yet full of hope, truly lost but nonetheless truly found. I am shored up on either side so there is no room for false humility on one side or pride on the other.
—Michael Card in Scribbling in the Sand
My Response: How does knowing the truth of who I am set me free?
Thought to Apply: Don't be humble; you're not that great.—GOLDA MEIR (former prime minister of Israel)
Adapted from Scribbling in the Sand (InterVarsity, 2002) by permission.
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Lord, grant me a clearer view of myself that includes both giftedness and fallenness.
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