Humbleness and meekness, two great medicines to the soul

[Leonardo Von]

    Humbleness and meekness, two great medicines to the soul

•    “The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of departed spirits.” (Proverbs 21.16).

Who depart from the way of understanding will rest in the valley of the shadow of the death (Isaiah 9.1,2; Matthew 4.15,16). It comes the question: do you go just walk through this valley to share the profuse provision of Jesus with your enemies in order to save them (Psalms 23.4,5) or will you stay there like dead?

If you prefer the first option, take a look in the next verse:

•    “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16.18).

Be careful with hubris, for it can cost us dear:

•    “You have rebuked the *proud who are cursed*, who go astray from Your Commandments.” (Psalms 119.21).
•    “Our soul is exceedingly filled with the contempt of those who are at ease, with the *scorn of the proud*.“ (Psalms 123.4).
•    “*Jehovah will destroy the house of the proud*, but He will set up the border of the widow.” (Proverbs 15.25).
•    “He has worked power with His arm, He has *scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart*.” (Luke 1.51).
•    “But He gives more grace. Therefore He says, *God resists the proud*, but He gives grace to the humble.” (James 4.6).
•    “Likewise, younger ones, be subject to older ones, and all being subject to one another. Put on humility. For *God resists proud ones*, but He gives grace to the humble.” (1Peter 5.5).

If we already are dead (I hope that not!), let’s call on Jesus to resurrect from the dead (as befell with Lazarus). Nevertheless, we need to be humble and patient so that people around us carry away all boulders that hamper Jesus’ miracle in us and we need to stay still while Jesus use people to take the bondage away  that hinder us to what is good (John 11.38-44).

    After all, how will we offer good gifts if our hearts is sad, bummer,  gloomed, despaired and rancorous? We don’t have the right to live like this, inasmuch as we only can sow the seed that we have.
    
    So, have a nice weekend and be like Caleb:    
    
•    “But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land into which he went. And his seed shall possess it.” (Numbers 14.24). 

"...Awake, sleeping ones! And arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light." (Ephesians 5.14)