Walking Humbly

1 Kings 5:11 & 13
"But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper....And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?"
Naaman was obviously a great, important man. He had but to ask and the king of Syria did as he bid. He was a great leader, had men under his command, and was used to power. Yet he was impotent, completely powerless in comparison to God.
This was obviously not a feeling he was used to, nor was it one he liked. Naaman had allowed his power and authority to go to his head. He had fallen into the snare of pride. And it nearly cost him his life, for then there was no cure for leprosy.
Humility is a fundamental key to being a Christian. It is not merely words to say that the first shall be last, God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble, these are truths to live our lives by. Everyday, every moment, living in the knowledge of who I am in regards to Who God is.
Am I walking humbly with my God?