Humbled to be exalted. A message to your inner-self that it's time to change!

A message to the reader (inspired by The End Of Me By Kyle Idleman):

Dear Me,

“I’ve known you for as long as I can remember. I heard that there’s a friend who sticks closer than a brother. But you and I, we have quite an attachment; we are one.

However, I’m here to tell you today that I love you, Me. But I can’t keep living with you forever. I’ve let you sit in the driver’s sit and take control over your life. You always insist that you know the way; that you are in control, thinking that you are your own master doing whatever you think is right. I’ve decided to embark on a new journey, one who is in our Christ Jesus. So, Me, this is the end of you. Goodbye for now, I hope to see you again.”

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You’ve just received a message from your inner-self. It has decided to change and to be a new someone. What about you?

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Here, we are talking about change,

“What can I do?”

That is the question most of us ask when we want to change. We are always looking for a solution to our problems. Debt, addiction, failure – whatever it is, we always ask for action steps. We always assume the answer is in the word “do.”

No. The real solution to letting go of your problems in the past is to “be” a new someone. It’s so easy to “do” something, just take action and you’re done. But, to “be” requires a real lifetime transformation.

Instead ask yourself: “What can I be?”

Ephesians 4:2 says “Be completely humble, and gentle; be patient, bearing in one another in love.”

In the bible, Jesus tells us to “be” humble. He doesn’t just tells us to “do” things so that we’ll be righteous. When you mean it, your action comes from “being.” Let’s learn to be humble today.

Repeat after this:

- To humble myself, I voluntarily confess sin

- To humble myself, I give sacrificially and anonymously

- To humble myself, I treat others better than myself

- To humble myself, I ask for help

James 4:10 says “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”

A short parable in Luke 18 tells a story of two men: one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee prayed and thanked God for He is not like the others. He was proud.

But the tax collector was humble. He did not look up to heaven but beat his breast and said,

“God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”

At the end of verse 14, it says that those who humble themselves will be exalted.

So, let us all choose to “be” humble today. Humble yourself before the Lord and humble yourself to the world.

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Amen.