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From Spurgeon's "Faith's Check Book"082-Grace for the Humble |
"He giveth grace unto the humble." (James 4:6) Humble hearts seek grace, and therefore they get it. Humble hearts yield to the sweet
influences of grace, and so it is bestowed on them more and more largely. Humble hearts lie in
the valleys where streams of grace are flowing, and hence they drink of them. Humble hearts are
grateful for grace and give the Lord the glory of it, and hence it is consistent with His honor
to give it to them. Come, dear reader, take a lowly place. Be little in thine own esteem, that the Lord may make
much of thee. Perhaps the sigh breaks out, "I fear I am not humble." It may be that this is the
language of true humility. Some are proud of being humble, and this is one of the very worst
sorts of pride. We are needy, helpless, undeserving, hell-deserving creatures, and if we are
not humble we ought to be. Let us humble ourselves because of our sins against humility, and
then the Lord will give us to taste of His favor. It is grace which makes us humble, and grace
which finds in this humility an opportunity for pouring in more grace. Let us go down that we
may rise. Let us be poor in spirit that God may make us rich. Let us be humble that we may not
need to be humbled but may be exalted by the grace of God.
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