There Is Always Something To Do In The Kingdom

I have known people to grow bored with church and weary with fellowship.

I have seen believers burdened by their calling, and tired in their outreach.

      Unfortunately our culture and our enemy support the notion that the primary end our out time in fellowship is our comfort and satisfaction. This same opinion is held by many believers. Whole sections of the church attend regularly with a consumers mindset, and unless this mindset is being catered to, these folks sit around with a uniform look of boredom.

There is always something to do in the Kingdom. You can humble yourself!
   
     Its a foolproof plan with a big payout, eternal benefits and it gets right at the heart of worship. Dictionary.com gives multiple definitions but here are the three associated with the word as a verb.

1. To lower in condition, importance, or dignity.
2. To destroy the independence of
3. To make meek

So that we don't spend too much time self focusing on the issue of humility, you can also think of humility as being a direct result of lifting Christ up. By doing so you instantly lower your self importance by making him the focus. By seeing Christ lifted up you are faced with his expressed desires for you and with the truth of his glory in comparison to our failures, this alone should be sufficient to check our independent spirits. In light of all of this, as we lift up Christ we also become aware of his mercy and overwhelming grace and its hard to be haughty when faced with all of these things.

     To further excite you towards humbleness here are a few verses that cast a light on its importance in the life of a believers:

Psa 18:27

For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.

Psa 147:6

The LORD lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.

Pro 3:34

Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor.

Luk 1:52

he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;

Jam 4:6

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

1Pe 5:6

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you.

For the humble is promised salvation, favor, grace, and repeatedly the word declares that the humble will be exalted, and if humility is synonymous with meekness then you can add inheriting the earth to the list.

And all of this can be yours if you'll only worship Jesus praise his name above all other names.