This post is a response to a challenge I received from a friend; to find and write about the similarity between humility and nobility.
In the Merriam- Webster Dictionary, humility is defined as, “The quality or state of not thinking you are better than other people”, and nobility is defined as, “The quality or state of being noble in character or quality”.
One word paints a picture of not being any better than other people, and the other says that we stand apart from other people.
And these two words have something in common?
Yes; I sincerely believe that there is a place where these two ideas, in their most profound definition, are unmistakably present.
The most poignant form of humility is born in a person’s heart when they are brought to the realization that they need a Savior from sin and death and accept Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives. True humility is dependence on God, and it is a process that will unfold as one’s life is surrendered to Him, one piece at a time. But what might be the biggest miracle that happens at the time of Salvation is that the person who allows God to be the Lord of their life is adopted into His Kingdom as His son or daughter; and as the son or daughter of the King of kings, that person is a prince or a princess. When a person declares independence from the world and dependence on Christ, they become humble and noble at the same time.
Allow me to personalize this.
There is no amount of good I can do to cancel the bad I have done, because it doesn’t work that way. The first sin I committed created a chasm between me and God, and His blood shed on the cross is the only thing that can bridge the gap. But even trusting in that doesn’t make me any better than anybody else, because I could never earn it; it cost Him His life. Apart from God’s grace, I still fall short of His perfect standard. When I allowed God to take His rightful place on the throne of my heart, He adopted me into His family and exchanged my filthy, sin stained rage for clothes worthy of a daughter of the King of kings.
He did it for me, and He can do it for anybody who asks Him, because it is not dependent on us. Grace is a free gift, and it is offered to everybody.
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