Today’s P & W Thought: Humility shows Gratitude to God for who He is … Revelation 7:11-12 Then all of the angels standing around the throne and around the leaders and the four living beings got down on their faces before God and worshiped Him. 12 They said, “Let it be so! May our God have worship and shining-greatness and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength forever. Let it be so!”. In Africa, there are several tribes that have remarkable ways of expressing their gratitude. In East Africa, the Masai tribe expresses thanks by placing their foreheads on the ground and saying, My head is in the dirt. Another African Tribe communicates gratitude by sitting for a long time in front of the hut of the individual whom they want to thank, saying, I sit on the ground before you. These tribes understand that a core attitude of thanksgiving is humility, and their way of expressing it clearly represents that attitude. Our passage in Revelation reflects the same thing: angels, elders, and living creatures all fall on their faces in humility and gratitude to God for who He is. I see a deep connection between thanksgiving and humility, which, perhaps, is often overlooked. Thankful people recognize their need, and the generosity and beneficence of the Giver, and every truly grateful person is humbled by the amazing gifts hes received from God. So I see that true humility will always be accompanied by gratitude, and also, that those who are truly grateful will be growing in the beautiful characteristic of humility. May it be so for us. Have a Humbled Wednesday Friends … Alexander Delgado (Gente de Zona)
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:07:49 +0000
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