Digging Deeper – Lifting Others Up
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3 (NLT)
LIFTING OTHERS UP
What is humility? Is humility thinking less of ourselves than we actually are? Is it thinking that we are worthless, invaluable, and untalented? Not at all. The well-known preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards observed,
“True humility is not putting ourselves down but rather lifting up others. If we concentrate on lifting up others, putting down ourselves will take care of itself. As we go through life exalting Christ and others, then genuine humility will be inevitable.”
You may want to read that quote again and let it soak into your heart. True humility is seeking to honor others and to make much of them. To maintain humility, instead of saying, “Woe is me,” make a habit of lifting others up. Jesus is the best example of humility there ever was. Jesus demonstrated humility, not by wrongly assessing His worth, but rather by thinking of our needs more than His own. In humility, will you seek to serve the needs of others? Who can you lift up today?
Steve Roach serves as the Pastor of Spiritual Maturity at NorthStar Church. He and his wife, Amy, live in Acworth and have three girls, Olivia, Sydney, and Hayley and one son, Colton. He enjoys watching sports and spending time with his family.
