Holiness a Companion of Humility

[Daily Devotional]

Holiness a Companion of Humility 

     Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you
be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth
the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 1 Peter 5:5.  

     How many cling with tenacious grasp to their self-termed dignity, which
is only self-esteem. These seek to honor themselves instead of waiting in
humbleness of heart for Christ to honor them. In conversation more time is
spent in talking of self than in exalting the riches of the grace of Christ.
. . .  

     True holiness and humility are inseparable. The nearer the soul comes
to God, the more completely is it humbled and subdued. When Job heard the
voice of the Lord out of the whirlwind, he exclaimed, "I abhor myself, and
repent in dust and ashes" (Job 42:6). It was when Isaiah saw the glory of
the Lord and heard the cherubim crying, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of
hosts," that he cried out, "Woe is me! for I am undone" (Isa. 6:3, 5).
Daniel, when visited by the holy messenger, says, "My comeliness was turned
in me into corruption" (Dan. 10:8). Paul, after he was caught up into the
third heaven and heard things that it was not lawful for a man to utter,
speaks of himself as "less than the least of all saints" (Eph. 3:8). It was
the beloved John, who leaned on Jesus' breast and beheld His glory, who fell
as one dead before the angel. The more closely and continuously we behold
our Saviour, the less shall we see to approve in ourselves.  

     He who catches a glimpse of the matchless love of Christ counts all
other things as loss, and looks upon Him as the chiefest among ten thousand
and as the one altogether lovely. As seraphim and cherubim look upon Christ,
they cover their faces with their wings. Their own perfection and beauty are
not displayed in the presence and glory of their Lord. Then how improper it
is for men to exalt themselves! Let them rather be clothed with humility,
cease all strife for supremacy, and learn what it means to be meek and lowly
of heart. He who contemplates God's glory and infinite love, will have
humble views of himself, but by beholding the character of God, he will be
changed into His divine image. 

>From That I May Know Him - Page 175