Our Scripture reading today is Psalm 138:6, "Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect
unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off."
The example we ought to follow regarding humility is the Lord Jesus. He left
the glories of Heaven to walk amongst sinful mankind. He endured everything
we endure and was sinless all the way through. God can do great and mighty
things through the humble. “Low things he looketh close upon, that he may raise them higher;
lofty things he knoweth afar off, that he may crush them down lower. The proud Pharisee pressed
as near God as he could; the poor publican, not daring to do so, stood aloof off; yet was God far
from the Pharisee, near to the publican.” (Trapp)
We are promised that if we humble ourselves, God will exalt us in His time. Our
being exalted is not for our praise but for His. 1 Peter 5:6, "Humble yourselves therefore under
the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:"