Humility
& Meekness
Medicine for a Stress-Free Life
By
MoriEl Randolph | November 30, 2007
If
you live in America, there's an 87% possibility that you profess to
be a follower of The Christ or Christian. As such, you are probably
aware that The Christ taught His followers to put on humility and meekness.
But how do we put it on and keep it on.
Everyone
may have moments when they are humble or meek, but it's generally out
of necessity, not preference.
So,
as believers and followers of The Christ, how do we make humility and
meekness a part of us? I believe that we are only able to do so once
we realize and accept that we have nothing to prove.
The
Christ could be humble and meek because He knew who He was and what
He could do. He knew who His FATHER was and HIS power. Therefore, HE
was confident but not prideful. He could be assertive when necessary
but always meek in character.
As
His followers, we can put on humility and meekness as a part of our
character when we come to the following points in our lives:
·
The point of confidence in our position with THE ALMIGHTY and HIS Son.
· The point of confidence in our relationship with THE ALMIGHTY
and HIS Son.
· The point of knowing who we are and what we are capable of.
· The point of dissatisfaction with pride or aggressiveness.
· The point of satisfaction and contentment with putting on humility
and meekness.
· The point of knowing THE ALMIGHTY and what HE's capable of.
· The point of longing to manifest THE ALMIGHTY as HIS Son did
while on earth.
When
we've come to the above points in our lives we know that we have nothing
to prove to others who may refute or challenge us. We can live less
stressful lives because we are not tossed to and fro or disturbed by
the false opinions of others. Only then can we truly appreciate and
know-as HIS WORD says-"if THE ALMIGHTY is for us, who can prevail
against us"; and thus humility and meekness can become a part of
us.
But
what do we do in the meantime, as we go about arriving at these points?
The
answer: we must practice. We must practice both humility and meekness.
We must get used to replacing pride with humility and aggressiveness
with meekness. The process will not feel good at first, it will be uncomfortable.
You may have to struggle within as you examine and become acquainted
with those aspects of your inner household who withstand your efforts.
However,
one must persevere, for in persevering we learn to recognize our enemies
within and without. We can train our senses to detect pride, arrogance,
and/or aggressiveness. This practice will be extremely instrumental
in helping us further our transition and it will aid us in the development
of a new character in which both humility and meekness will become a
part of our very being.
As
long as we think or feel that we have something to prove to others we
not only expose ourselves to unnecessary stress and hinder our ability
to put on humility and meekness, we also hinder our ability to put on
Caring Concern for others. Putting on and exercising Caring Concern
requires that we think of others first, something that would be difficult
to archive if our thoughts are full with concern over what someone may
think of us or what we would like them to think of us.
As
believers and true followers of The Christ, we are in an excellent position
to live life as stress free as possible, for one of the most wonderful
advantages of being a follower of The Christ and child of THE ALMIGHTY
is the fact that we need only be concerned with what HE thinks. If at
anytime what you do or say pleases the ALMIGHTY SOVEREIGN of the Universe,
then anyone who has a problem with it should take it up with HIM.
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