Humility is the sense of the entire nothingness of the soul so that God may be all to and in the soul. It is the absence of self and the strength of self and yet the life of humility is the life of the humble Savior in the soul. It is so easy for the soul to think that humility is what the soul does in putting down self some and then putting on Christ itself, but that is a deception. Humility is not what the self can do, but the emptiness of self with the life of Christ in the soul. There is a huge difference between an external humility which is limited to appearances or what others can see. It may or may not correspond to true humility which is internal.
External humility would be dropping of the head or eyes and perhaps not replying back to things that people say. It is the outward reactions of the body and facial expressions. It is the turning from insults or things that people are normally insulted over and incited to respond with loud words. But internal humility is when the soul is beyond insult because it sees itself as a creature before God and that God is the One that is truly being attacked. The humble soul is meek or returns love to those that insult it. The humble soul is not as concerned about its appearance, but about the glory of God being manifested through it. The humble soul may speak words that sound harsh to those without the Spirit, but it is concerned about God’s glory and not about appearances. Jesus was perfectly humble and perfect love and yet He spoke harshly to the Pharisees. At other times, however, He would not reply when spoken to harshly. External humility wants to appear humble at all times to others because it is only concerned with the appearance of humility. It is moved by pride. Internal humility seeks true humility and therefore desires the glory of God and the true good of others regardless of what people think. It is true humility.
In light of the previous paragraphs and BLOGS it is clear that human beings cannot truly understand nor actually have humility of heart apart from seeking God and obtaining it from God. God must open the eyes of the soul to see its pride and He must open the eyes to see the depths of what it means to be a creature in the presence of its Creator. The life of humility in the soul is also the life of Christ in the soul. The soul must know that it cannot have humility apart from God and His work of grace in the soul. No matter how much the soul may desire humility, it can never obtain it by the works and efforts of self. Humility is the absence of self and not the result of the efforts of self. The soul that is being humbled will seek the Lord for an ever deepening humility.
The proud person in religious settings wants to have humility simply because of the appearance of it to others. This is something that we must be aware of regarding others and our own hearts. The depths of pride in the soul are dangerous. Pride blinds the soul to its own pride and so it may be deceived about the nature of true humility. The proud soul may think that it has attained it. Pride may also desire humility so much in order to be thought of as holy that it will put on the appearances of it and that appearance may even blind it to its own pride. The human heart is so deceptive and so dangerous to itself and others in the spiritual realm. The Pharisees had such an appearance of holiness in that they prayed in public at the appointed hours. Oh how holy they appeared to others and yet it was just the appearance of holiness because they were so full of self and pride. We must know that our own hearts may be satisfied with just the appearance of humility rather than the real thing.
Do you want humility? Well, if you really want humility you will want it before God at all times and not just a form that comes out when you are in religious settings. We can want humility because of a feeling we get in private, but that is most likely not true humility but a fulfilling of self to obtain a certain feeling. We can want the appearance of humility in the presence of strangers in order to impress them. We can want humility in our religious meetings in order to appear holy. The spirit of the Pharisee is quite alive in our own hearts. So the desire for humility may be nothing more than the proud heart desiring things for self. We must examine our hearts.
The real question is whether we want humility bad enough to seek the death of pride in our soul. The real question has to do with reality and not just the appearances of it. If we desire the death of pride in our soul then we will desire to be humble before God when we are alone and when we are in the presence of strangers. The desire for true humility means that we will desire God more than self. It means that we will desire His presence more than anything else. If we desire the presence of God in our soul and the life of Christ in our soul, we will seek with agony the death of self. We cannot have the life of Christ in our soul if pride still reigns there. We cannot have the life of Christ in the soul if we desire Him out of pride and appearances. We cannot have Christ in the soul while still desiring the things of self and the world. If we truly desire humility, our own pride is our enemy and must die.
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