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Devotional for April 7, 2026

HUMILITY

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”

Additional Verses

📖 Luke 18:9-14; John 13:1-17; Philippians 2:1-18

Many Christians have often misinterpreted the word humility. They think that humility is when you are just a poor person who is struggling with life and always gets the least, but this is not the true humility that the LORD wants each child of God to have. Humility is being humble before the LORD and being humble before the LORD means to be obedient to His Word, having powerful confidence in the fear of the Lord. It means being a child in His presence and thus meditating upon His Word day and night and observing to do what the Word says. Think of all the great men and women of God in the Bible; they prospered and were very successful because they were obedient to what God commanded them to do. They were children in His presence and therefore God magnified them. Humility is therefore a state of the heart and mind that is full of God’s Word. Humility draws from the Word of God in the Bible. Since a human person is body, soul and spirit, humility is a product of the human spirit. It is a virtue that draws from the fruit of the Spirit which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self- control. Many Christians are so mistaken because they think that humility is when a person is so quiet and even when he talks he talks softly and they even go on to classify a person as humble because of his dress. It is not a behavior, but an internal state of human being, not just an outward forced demeanor. Humility as I have already said is a product of the fruit of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit comes about when one is obedient to the Word of God. It involves submitting to God’s will without personal pride, as was shown by Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. In the above text when Jesus Christ was saying to His disciples you must be wise as serpents and as humble as a dove, He was not referring to that which could be seen by the physical eye, but He was referring to their spiritual state. When the Bible says that Jesus Christ was humble unto death, it is referring to the state of the Spirit. He was obedient to the Word of God even as He hung at the Cross. He remained steadfast upon the Word of God His Father. This is why the Bible says that because of His humility, God exulted Him and gave Him a name above every name and that every knee should bow at His name; of those in heaven and on earth and beneath the earth. If you therefore humble yourself before the LORD, thus being obedient to His Word and doing what it says, you will never lack, but the LORD will magnify you. The Lord Jesus Christ also showed humility when He washed the feet of His disciples, demonstrating that leadership is also service to others. Humility is focusing on elevating others and Christ, rather than oneself, thereby leaving us an example to follow. You will not be a tail but you will always be the head. Alleluia!

Prayer

Dear LORD Jesus Christ, let me be a child in the Father’s presence just as You did when You were on earth. I believe that if my life is humbled to You it shall seem great to men because Your child never lacks anything. Thank You for making my life significant. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray. Amen.