For the Lord delights in his people; he crowns the humble
with victory.
—Psalm 149:4 (NLT)
When you humble yourself before the Lord and give up anything
in your life that blocks His presence, you invite His power. When you allow the
trials of life to spiritually grow you into His beautiful creation, you invite
His victory. Instead of defeating you, those trials inspire you to trust Him
more. He crowns the humble with victory.
“Humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the
right time he will lift you up in honor” (1 Peter 5:7 NLT). His power is best
understood in humility. Its greatest revelation is found in humility. When He
completely owns your heart, pride is more easily defeated. Pride’s power to
control your emotions and feelings become less as He becomes more. When your
life is about Him, what you spiritually see, perceive, hear, and understand is
not yours to own. Your life is His, and there is nothing for you to gain. There
is nothing to prove. There is nothing to declare that He can’t call into
existence.
When you lay everything down, you become His instrument to
use as He wills. When you humble yourself under His hand, He uses you for His
purpose—as He ordains. His power is greatest when revealed through humbleness
of heart. Humble yourself before Him with nothing to prove and nothing but to
live who He is in you. You will experience the delight of His freedom. Discover
His Spirit—alive in you setting you free from all that you have thought
yourself to be. Discover that your true purpose is His to direct and His to
own. You are ready for the greatest abundance when you lay down all He has
imparted—all you know He has given—and allow Him to wash your feet.
Stripped of all that stands in the way of His Hand upon you,
you are unhindered by need or perception or anything at all. He who need not
become less for you now has. You are His, and you realize that He has brought
you to a place of victory that you never imagined. At His feet, you learn what
it means to be crowned with victory because He was willing to humble himself
for you. You know love full of glory that no word can describe because He gave
all for you.
© 2017 Lynn Lacher
www.lynnlacher.com
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