The River road is dangerous to my pride. Do I dare to walk on?
Zach Meerkreebs opens up about the differences between humiliation and humility.
“For some apparent reason, Zach, you think I’m more at that table talking about ministry programs than out here cleaning windows with you.”
“[Humiliation is] actually a humbling moment,” Zach says, “narrated by the wrong person. It’s usually narrated by yourself, narrated by the world, or narrated by Satan. But when you allow… maybe even, invite: ‘Jesus, how would you narrate this specific moment?’ And how can I look a little more like you by the time this is all done? This humiliating moment could actually become a very real humbling moment. And I believe humility is the greatest virtue of a Christ-follower. I think what makes Jesus stick out in the world is humility.
“In this moment of not getting a job, or going through a divorce, or not being accepted for that program, or being fired— whatever it is, how mighty you ask the question, ‘Jesus, this feels like, so humiliating… could you help narrate it that I might look a little more like you in humility, and not find myself in a pit of humiliation?’”
Zack Meerkreebs has an amazing book called “Lower: Igniting Spiritual Awakening Through Radical Humility,” and we can’t recommend it enough. Here’s the audiobook, read by the smooth baritone tones of Charles Constant and published by Faith Words.
In a world where empathy is actually being described as a ‘sin’ by some deceived folks with seared consciences, humility must be looked upon as complete anethema. But it is key to following Christ.
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