Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 162
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life Ministries
International
Littleton, Colorado
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Today
we see one of the simplest, yet most profound writings, of Michael’s book. I guess I say that because God has gotten MY
attention in James 4:6, “Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but
giveth grace to the humble.” I love God’s
grace in my life!
DAY 147
Humility: The Secret To A Deeper Life
Your attitude should be the same as that of
Christ Jesus. --Philippians 2:5
We must remember that humility is not
saying, “I am nothing,” but rather, “I possess nothing." This
attitude allows us daily to secure the experience of His life within us.
However, if we stop and listen, how much boasting about what is possessed do we
hear? There is boasting of the past in what we had, of the future in what we
will have, and of that bright child, the brilliant career, or those flashy
material goods that we now hold. “Jesus Who, being in very nature God, did not
consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness"
(Philippians 2:6, 7). The
dreaming about what we will someday possess or what we have already lost takes
our attention away from the greatest thing that we possess now, in this moment,
the presence of Christ, Himself, within! This is more than man in his
wildest dreams, in and of himself, could ever attain.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
It is a very astute recognition of what humility is to say, “We must
remember that humility is not saying, ‘I am nothing,’ but rather, ‘I possess
nothing.’ “ Most boast of “I am,” or “I
have.” Of course, God is the One Who
said, “I AM.” Why, then, do we not think
to stay away from saying that? The
Apostle Paul taught us that it is only by the grace of God that we can be
anything.
Possess? How many of us really
have our attention focused on “the presence of Christ, Himself, within,” as our
greatest possession? How many of us let
our minds drift (and dream) to “things” or “positions” or something other than
Christ as our most prized “possessions”?
Thank You, Lord, that we Born Again Believers possess You! And Your presence, along with Your grace that
gives us the experience of Your life within, is ours when we acknowledge “I
possess nothing, apart from Jesus Christ.”
Well, amen.
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