Humility is a hard spiritual practices - it just doesn't come naturally to us. Oh we are good about pride - good at thinking that we know the best or are the best. And we are good at being self-righteous, thinking that we are morally superior. But when we aren't careful, without a healthy dose of humility, our pride and self-righteous behavior can lead us down the unrighteous path. Without humility we can start to go down the road that tells us that we have it all together, and we don't need anyone's help, including God's.
The truth is that all of our sin has consequences, including the sin of pride - both individually and as the church. Individually, it can lead us to believe that we are enough on our own, which can lead us to just believe in God enough or just follow God enough to pacify our Creator - which is of course not what God intended. As a church, it can lead us to think more about keeping our doors open for the sake of our own notoriety instead of pleasing God. As a church it can block us from taking risks that God is prompting us to take because we "know" that it won't work or we've "tried that before."
We need humility to keep ourselves in check. We need humility to remind us that we are humans and not gods. We need humility to remind us that we are part of the body of Christ working towards Kingdom goals together. How do you live into the spiritual practice of humility in your own life and in the life of your local church?
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