A Prayer for the Gift of Humility – Your Daily Prayer

A Prayer for the Present of Humility
By Emily Rose Massey

“But he offers more grace. Consequently, it claims, “God opposes the proud but presents grace to the humble” (James 4:6, ESV). 

Following my freshman calendar year of faculty, I transferred educational institutions, ditched my plans to become an English trainer, and switched my important to theatre performance in its place. My appreciate for theater and acting became my implies of escaping the truth that I loathed who I had turn into, so as an actress, I could just be someone else. The highlight built me sense so superior! My pleasure brought on me to grow to be the center of my own universe. I would endeavor to verify that I was worthy of really like by my talents and superior appears to be, trying to fill the emptiness inside of even extra, but it only created it worse. I reached a point exactly where I stopped striving to “do better” and “be far better.” As a substitute, I selected to dwell in my pit of sin and pleasure and manufactured ideas to operate away to Los Angeles to grow to be an actress to go after my “calling and purpose” and establish to the world my truly worth, expertise, magnificence, and appeal.

But even in my pit of sin, God was continue to pursuing me and contacting my title. With arms wide open, He was ready and all set for me to come to my senses, to the finish of myself and come home. In God’s ideal providence and timing, the Holy Spirit raised this lifeless one to lifetime. I was so really prideful and self-centered, but just one day, my eyes have been opened to my sinful rebelliousness, and I was granted the reward of humility to certainly repent of my sins, choose up my cross, and follow Christ. Humility brought His grace into my life- one thing I could hardly ever function to make. 

Humility is genuinely a gift from the Father. As individuals, just like the fruit of the Spirit, it is tricky to stroll continuously in this godly trait. We have to have God’s enable, His grace. To be granted His heavenly grace presents, we will have to become humble ahead of the throne of God.

James tells us in chapter 4:

“But [God] provides far more grace. Consequently, it states, “God opposes the proud but provides grace to the humble” (James 4:6, ESV).

When we believe we can manage our lifetime improved than God, we will sooner or later fail. Satisfaction comes just before a fall, immediately after all (Proverbs 16:18). We must accept our prideful, self-reliant approaches if we want to working experience the sustaining and empowering grace of God. For me, in that providential minute virtually 15 yrs ago that transformed my daily life, I started to expertise this deep conviction that I was residing a reckless and sinful daily life that offended God, who is completely holy, and that I had been managing absent from the Father. It actually was my prodigal son moment— I came to my senses and the finish of myself (Luke 15) and no longer desired to reside in the filth of my sinful daily life. Immediately, I realized I necessary to repent of my sin and start off running toward the Father. Proper there, with hands lifted in worship, and tears streaming down my confront, I repented of my pride and insurrection I informed God that I didn’t want to reside this daily life on my have any more and that I required to surrender to His prepare, cease living for myself, and reside for Him in its place. As I loosened my grip on the options for my everyday living (one particular finger at a time, of training course), I began to find my function and identity in Christ and His fantastic like for me. I laid down my prideful wants to grow to be an actress in LA, picked up my cross, and dedicated to actually next Jesus, no issue the price tag, for the 1st time in my everyday living. I am so exceptionally grateful for that moment of humbling and destruction of my delight. Now, I am continue to a recipient of that grace- I am given the opportunity to occur humbly and boldly to the throne of grace every single instant of every one day to acquire His power and mercy. What a reward!

Let us pray:

Father God, 
I repent for my self-reliance. I understand that I simply cannot walk by way of existence with no Your aid. I talk to for Your gorgeous reward of humility to penetrate my heart. I lay down my delight and selfishness, and by Your grace, dress myself in humility that arrives from You. Jesus did not take into account equality with You a thing to be grasped and emptied Himself of all privileges, He humbled Himself even to the level of dying on the cross for my sins. I want to mirror selflessness to the earth, but for me to do that, I know that I have to have to wander in humility and set my believe in in You on your own. Thank You for the gift of Your grace to be humble and desire others earlier mentioned myself.
May well You be glorified in all that I say and do. In Jesus’ identify, amen.

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