Here on the World Race we have a saying that we seem to toss around often. It’s a common phrase that can settle all arguments, big or small. It can be used in almost any situation whether you are trying to wash somebody’s dishes, offer your seat, share that last bite of sweet American-style food, or just do something nice for someone to show humbleness.
“Let me LOVE you”
“Let me love you” feels like the strongest group of words you can put together when you are speaking to your world race team. It’s funny to see how the simplest of words are capable of bringing down the most stubborn to allow others to humble themselves and help serve you whatever the task may be. I’ll admit it. I’m one of those stubborn folk. Being from the south and having been taught humbleness to be second nature, its tough to accept that service from people who are willing to show humility for you. This is true especially in India where we have done house visitations to pray for families who don’t have a lot to give. Due to the common tradition for families in India to welcome guests by providing drinks and snacks, it has sometimes been difficult to accept the welcoming hospitality. It’s even been a challenge to sit on the limited furniture that is provided while the families have to stand or sit on the floor. It is amazing to see the humble hearts of India.
While turning all this to a biblical perspective of humility, it’s interesting to read and learn about the humbleness Jesus showed during His lifetime. There is an instance where He mentions “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted” (Matt 23:12). Jesus shows great humbleness during His ministry and shows that He made an abundant sacrifice by stepping away from his divinity. It wasn’t until this morning reading Charles Spurgeon’s daily devotional that I took more notice to Jesus referring to himself as the Son of man. During the Gospel He refers to himself by this title 81 times, but still no one else ever referred to Him by that name. Not only did Jesus take the step away from His holy courts, He changed His title to be more on our unrighteous level. He never called Himself the King of Kings. He never called himself the Lord of Lords. Just the Son of Man. By humbling himself to the world through His actions, He was eventually exalted, had a name change to Savior, and was placed back to His previous position of glory.
The biggest thing I’ve learned this month is to accept the same humility Jesus showed for us from others who have the same passionate love. Though it’s good to have humility for others, it’s also a good thing to accept others’ humility as well or no one would have the chance to be exalted.
