God Quote-Humility

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of God’s Word, this is what the Lord says in Luke 18:14b.

“For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Jesus said this to people who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else. He confronted their attitudes and engaged them with a story.

Two men went up to the temple to pray. A Pharisee, who was a religious leader, prayed about himself and thanked God for not being like people who broke God’s laws, including the man beside him. Meanwhile, the tax collector would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ Jesus said that it was the tax collector who went home justified before God, not the Pharisee. God knows the worst parts about us, so we can be honest with Him about our weaknesses and find freedom in His forgiveness.

Luke 18:14b-that’s today’s God Quote for us to embrace for Life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com