One day, a few years ago in Church, when the Pastor called for those who needed a touch from God, I got a little lesson.

A lesson I needed to learn was… Humility.

I wept over my own lack of it — my sheer arrogance in the face of so much need for a little humility.

That day, I actually had what you might call a small miracle.

As the Pastor laid his hand on me and started to pray, I was determined to stand rock still and just receive gently.

I felt a cool breeze and I assumed that the Pastor was blowing gently on me, as some do.

About five minutes later, I sat up again and found my wife next to me, also sitting in His presence.

We sat together for another five minutes, arms round each other just basking in His presence.

I was told later that the Pastor never ever blows on people — and no-one else felt that breeze.

I am quite big and I felt that I would hurt someone if I went over. Not a bit of it. There were plenty of willing catchers behind both me and my wife as we did our ‘carpet inspection drill’.

I began to weep as The LORD showed me areas of unforgiveness and arrogance.

Then again one morning, The LORD ‘suggested’ I write a little piece about “Humility.”

I think Humility is summed up quite beautifully by Paul’s words on love to the Church at Corinth.

“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.

My own lessons in humility, that day, brought home a great lesson to me.

The LORD showed me where I had been corrupted by the worlds thinking of ‘self-worth’ as against God’s thinking of self-worth.

The world teaches assertion and a belligerent “I am not wrong” attitude.

God teaches that a humble heart is the way to earn His approval and self worth comes that way — because God approves me.

When we pray that great scriptural promise of 2 Chronicles 7,

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14.

When God fulfills that promise in our lives, what more affirming action do we need?

How much self worth comes from knowing that God is doing things for us?

We do not need the world’s approval — do we?

So then I caught glimpse of a wonderful scripture I had not noticed before, and The LORD nudged me. “This is YOUR verse of the day from ME.”

Oh wow, the joy of knowing that God has especially selected a verse from His Word, just for me.

Now that is kinda humbling isn’t it?

It is certainly affirming and it gives me a feeling of self worth that the world could not possibly give me.

It also points me in His direction for my life too.

“Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come.” Psalm 71:18.

I am humbled by the mercy, and kindness, and gentleness of my heavenly Father’s teaching.

I no longer have need to be arrogant. Yet I do see my own need for a little more humility, kindness, and gentleness.

With The Holy Spirit as my teacher, I just want a little bit of love and, indeed, Christ-likeness to shine through me, and to do away with the arrogance and pride the world instills in me.

God has reminded me of a lesson this morning.

I pray that we can all learn something from it too.

Photo courtesy of Deborah Waldron Fry

~ Chris G. Bennett

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Chris Bennett came to salvation in 1962 but didn’t begin ministry until 2007 — a late-comer! Now mandated by The LORD to prophesy and open old wells of revival in the U.K., but especially in Wales. He has also operated Healing Rooms, and worked with deliverance teams, all with his wife, Linda. Happily now doing whatever The LORD asks of them! Founder, with wife Linda, of their ministry The Upper Room Encounter.

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