July 24

God Wants Me to Be Humble

Because He will lift you up
James 4:8-10

Read the Bible through:
AM - Job 35-37 : PM - Acts 17:16-34

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up (James 4:10).

Prayer is a struggle. After a hot July night of tossing and turning, some of us who are reading this devotion may find all we have in our hearts is a formula prayer. We may have set our agenda for the day. Perhaps prayer is merely an item on a list. The kind of struggle we may face is to make prayer a pleasing offering to God.

This devotion may be a blur because our minds are focused on the concerns of our hearts. Our struggles may be struggles of faith. We may be humbled by how little control we have over our lives and the lives of others.

Prayer is a struggle because it draws us humbly before God. Humility in prayer is a path not paved, but plowed. When the furrow of humility is dug deeply, God will lift us up. The reward is sweet for the laborer who perseveres.

Lord, lift me up as I humble myself before You.