Humbled By God's Grace

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Message Title:Humbled By God's Grace
Date: Sunday June 27, 2011
Today's Chapters: Job 35-36, Proverb 26, Psalm 16
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“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:” - I Peter 5:2-6.

The word humility is defined as freedom from pride and arrogance, the state of being reduced to lowliness of the mind. We have all been humiliated from time to time, felt so embarrassed about something that we just want to hide in a corner somewhere. Sometimes God allows humility in our lives in order to get us to lose our pride and find His grace. Let's face it, we are all saved by God's grace, we are all who we are today by God's grace. “But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. “ - I Corinthians 15:10.

What is grace? It is the free unmerited love and favor of God. We are not saved because we go to church, read our Bibles, or pray. We are saved because we received God's great gift, eternal life through His Son. Everything we are and have is by God's grace, when we lose sight of that God will place humility before us, not to punish us, remember, we are not always afflicted by sin, but to exalt us.

Here is Job, probably facing the worst humility he ever faced, one by one his friends belittle him, mock him, and call him a hypocrite. The more he defends himself the more chastisement he gets, he even got to the point at one time that he wanted God to end his life so he would not have to suffer any more. Now, Job has had enough of their discouragement and just wants to be judged accordingly and Elihu continues to judge him, trying to get the other two friends to back him up.

“Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.” - Job 35:13-16.

Job really did not open his mouth in vain, which means wasteful, while it is true that God will not pay attention to us when we seek Him in vain He will pay attention to us when we humbly seeks Him. It is vain to appeal to God to remove affliction or to try to acquit ourselves if we have not studied to know the end for which the affliction was sent. It is equally vain to pray for relief when we do not trust our case in God’s hands. There is a day of judgment, when all that seems amiss will be found to be right, and all that seems dark and difficult will be cleared up and set straight. “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” - James 1:2.

Elihu continues his speech, maintaining that the affliction he was faced with was sent for his trial and lengthened because Job was not yet thoroughly humbled under it, still referring him to a hypocrite.

“Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor...If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.“ - Job 36:2-6,11-13.

Elihu shows that God acts as a righteous Governor, He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, His eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, He will not overlook us. God intends, when He afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to humble our hearts to be taught, affliction makes people willing to learn, through the grace of God working with and by it. “For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.” - Luke 14:11.

God does all things well. although it may seem sometimes that we are neglected and forgotten and that providence has made an oversight, yet the tender eye of the heavenly Father is upon us, and when affliction has accomplished that for which it was sent, we shall be comforted and established. God's grace is more than efficient to not only save us from hell, but guide us and protect us through all our humility. In due time we will exalted, which means to elevate in power, wealth, rank or dignity, as we humble ourselves before God through all of our afflictions. “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” - James 4:7-10.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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