Faith & Humility

When I have been reading the Word lately the verses that I keep opening my Bible to and the verses that really stand out have been verses on trusting in the Lord.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths." - Proverbs 3:5,6

"Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Deight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the Lord and wait paitently for Him;..." - Psalm 37:3-7

"In repentance and rest is your salvaltion, in quietness and trust is your strength,..." - Isaiah 30:15

"Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." - Exodus 14:13,14

"In Your unfailing love You will lead the people You have redeemed. In Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling." - Exodus 15:13

Techinally not all of those verses say trust, but it is the meaning. They tell us how the Lord is going to take care of us, all we have to do is stand still. Isn't that awesome? We no longer have to try to work things out on our own, we don't have to battle the devil, the Lord will do it for us. All we have to do is BELIEVE. That, my dear children, is called having faith. Faith isn't someting that we have to work at or try to earn. All we have to do is trust in the Lord and believe that He will provide, that He will lead and guide us. We can ask anything in His name and He will give it to us (John 15:7). Sounds awesome, right? I thought so to!

However, the Lord wasn't finished with me yet. I was so exstatic that anything thing seemed possible. All of my problems didn't matter anymore, the Lord would take care of them. Now that is still true, but the Lord revealed that if I wanted to not have my faith nullified I needed something else: HUMILITY. If I want to truly serve God and not have my every action a struggle I have to have humility. Because if I don't have humility, it means I have something else: pride. If I have pride, God will oppose everthing I do. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. James 4:6. The only way to prevail is by having humility.

Two things are necessary for you to be a winner: humility before the Lord, and faith. - John Robert Stevens The Unbeatable Combination-Faith and Humility  

Do you want immunity? Do you ant victory? Have you been in the midst of spirtual assault? Have you had times of nightmares, accidents, and spirits of affliction hitting you? What is the answer for you? Humility. when there is danger, and you are in jeopardy, dig a foxhole! The foxhole of humility enables you to resist all the fiery darts  of the wicked one. Put on the shield of faith (Ephesians 6:16). Dig your foxhole of humility. Get down and trust God and all the fiery darts of the wicked one will pass over. This is what God wants to do for you. Humble yourself under the hand of the Lord. - John Robert Stevens The Unbeatable Combination-Faith and Humility    

"God opposes the proud but give grace to the humble. Sumbit yourselves, then, to God. resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you...Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up." - James 4:7,8,10

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