Humbly Rising

November 26

(Psalm 131:1-3 NIV) “A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. {2} But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. {3} O Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore.”

(Micah 6:8 NIV) “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

(James 4:8-10 NIV) “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. {9} Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. {10} Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”

As David ascends to worship the Lord, his heart is humbled. He is focused on God, and when we focus on the Lord, it will always humble us. Looking up to the Lord prevents us from looking back in regret or looking around in pride, and if looking to our God does not humble us, we are worshipping the wrong God -- we have created a god in our own image. As we rise to meet with God we are reminded that He is high and lifted up and that we are of the dust. He is the Creator and we are the created. He is eternal -- we are like the morning mist… here for an hour or two and then gone. So we quiet our souls. We take our focus off of the latest world crisis on CNN and turn our eyes toward Jesus. We live to please Him. We walk humbly with our God and we walk humbly toward our God. And He will lift us up! -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day