
This is the day of the great "I". Everyone is so full of boasting, self-flattery, and general self-involvement. We've made our priorities and "I" is at the top of the list.
Our Saviour lived a life of true humility. He is our example. Matthew 11:29 "Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart."
It is not our purpose to draw attention to ourselves or to proclaim to the world how great we are. We are nothing. God is everything.
John the Baptist was one humble man. He lived his life in humble service to the Lord and was used greatly. When asked, "Who are you?" he replied, "I am nobody but a voice." He knew the greatness of God and the lowliness of self.
"There cometh one mightier than I."
"He must increase but I must decrease."
Humility is a sensitive sort of way. It cannot be manufactured. It cannot be flattered. It will not be publically displayed. And the moment humility speaks of itself, it is gone.
We find humility in the valleys of life. The Lord is always ready to give us a blessing but we are not always in a position to receive it. Through trials and hardships we are brought low and must look up to God for mercy. Valleys are fertile places. If we allow them to they will grow us and we will learn to be humble.
Don't spend your days absorbed in your self. Seek God and be filled with the humble spirit of Christ. Be filled with his meekness and humility!!

"As the lark that soars the highest, builds her nest the lowest; as the nightingale that sings so sweetly, sings in the shade while all things rest; as the branches that are most laden with fruit bend the lowest, as the ship most laden sinks deepest in the water -- so the holiest Christians are the humblest."
"Oh to be nothing, nothing!
Only to lie at his feet,
A broken and emptied vessel,
For the Master's use made meet.
Emtied, that He might fill me
As forth to His service I go;
Broken, that so unhindered
His life through me might flow.
Broken, that so unhindered
His life through me might flow."