2 Samuel 22:18-20
"He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me."
We see two very striking things here. One, David, a mighty man of valor, fearless warrior, admits "they were too strong for me." And two, the reason David cites for his deliverance was "because He delighted in me."
A humble man knows who he is in light of Who God is -a wretched, sinful, powerless human. No matter my accomplishments, are we really so arrogant as to believe that there is something we can do that God cannot? Or is it that we generally are just not mindful of His workings in our lives?
A humble man knows who he is in light of Who God is - a wretched, sinful, powerless human...who is loved beyond the limits of man's cognition. Humility is recognizing my unworthiness and at the same time my worthiness in God's eyes because of Christ's sacrifice for me. Humility sees the marvelous dichotomy that is the grace and mercy of God. His mercy withholds the punishment and hell that we deserve. His grace showers us with the love and "all spiritual riches" that we do not, and cannot deserve.
Am I humble today, in the trust sense of the word?
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