Be humble or you'll stumble.

"For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted." --Matthew 23:12


What does it truly mean to be humble? In today's world, we believe that excess leads to success and happiness. A lie that I myself fell victim to. Does being humble mean you give that homeless guy on the street a dollar or buy him a sandwich? Well sure it's nice but is that it? No. Not at all. Not only should you invest your money into this poor fellow, but you should invest the one thing that is more valuable than your money: your TIME. Try eating a sandwich with him, and talk to him. Share with him the gospel, and make a difference in his life to where he becomes a follower of Christ and knows the love and mercy God has for us.  It amazes me to see how many of us claim to be too busy for things. We're too busy to go to church, or we're too busy to help our friends, or we're too busy to do mission work. It's not that we're too busy, because we can always make time. It's called selfish pride my friends. We think that our problems are more important than other people's problems. It's awful funny when our friends need a favor, and we skip out because we don't feel like doing work, so we say we don't have the time. We always have time. Sure it's nice to donate money to the Rescue Mission, but try going down there and actually working and MAKE a difference. Pastor Roy Mansfield, one of the wisest men I've ever met told me this: "Sure it's ok to buy them a sandwich or a drink when they're hungry or thirsty, but truth is, that sandwich only goes soo far because later on they'll be hungry or thirsty again". Think about that for a moment. Our "good deed" only lasted for a short time. If we actually took on the problems of our neighbors, we'd be amazed at how God would take care of our own worries. Happiness can be taken away from you, but joy you have to give up yourself. We always try to exalt ourselves everyday in today's world. But the only person you're fooling is yourself. Sure it's cool to have a lot of people know your name, but in the end does that really matter? What does trying to solve your own problems do for the people around you, who have it way worse than you do? I'll tell you what it does: Nothing. And that's all your conceitedness is: Nothing. Stop trying to glorify your name, and start glorifying the One who truly deserves praise: God. Without Him, you are nothing. It's time to put down our arrogance and pick up our crosses and start making a difference in the world, and start doing things that actually MATTER. Spending 4 hours on Facebook everyday, doesn't matter. Be humble, because truth is, you're WAY better off than most people in this broken world are.