Be Humble or Be Humbled

Everything that happens in life happens because God allows it. God allows the good and the bad. The good is a reward for our faithfulness and the bad is to help us build our faith. When we receive a blessing we must understand where it came from. If we have a nice job, house, car, spouse, athletic ability, intelligence, good looks, or even great bodily features, we must understand that it came from God, It did not come from us. We may think that we are in control and that we are the reason for our blessings but that is not the case. We are not to brag and boast about the good things that are occurring in our life. Mainly the reason you are being lifted up is because of the humility in your heart. The Bible says to, "humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up". God wants to lift us up and bless us but he will not bless a proud person. I know what I'm saying is not easy to do. It is very easy to let confidence turn into arrogance and you then begin to lift yourself up. No matter how it good things are looking, when you are not humble God will not allow it you to prosper. How ever high we lift ourselves, we will fall. God will humble us and show us that he is in control and that we must trust him and depend on him to lift us up when the time is right. God has a plan for us, we do not know all the details and we should not try and figure it out. When it is your time to be lifted up, it will happen. In the mean time we must remain humble and faithful so that God will indeed lift us up. We cannot fathom the blessing that God has in store for us, we have to live right to receive them. It pays to walk in humility.