Humble yourselves, therefore,
under the mighty hand of God so that
at the proper time he may exalt you
1 Peter 5:6
According to this verse, what will happen if we humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God? Peter tells us that God will exalt us.
What does it mean that God will exalt us? It means that he will take us from our current corruptible flesh and give us an eternal incorruptible destiny.
In short ... it means that God will bring us to heaven! When and why? When we humble ourselves. And because we humble ourselves.
In other words, "humbling ourselves" is another definition for "faith."
Here's the interesting part ... at least to me: Who is it, in this passage, who defines "faith" as "humbling ourselves"? Peter!
· The same Peter was bold and proud enough to think he could walk on water.(But was humbled when the waves grew and he began to fear.)
· The same Peter who was bold and proud enough to think he would never betray Jesus. (But was humbled when the stakes rose and he began to fear.)
· The same Peter who was bold and proud enough to proclaim that Jesus was the Messiah! (But was humbled when he couldn't comprehend that Jesus must suffer and die, so Jesus had to say, "Get behind me Satan.")
Peter knew that the path to faith and life was not pridefulness and boldness. It is willingly humbling oneself (instead of being pridefully humbled).
In Christ's Love,
a guy who eventually wants
a pat on the back from
the mighty hand of God
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