HUMILITY: A Definition

It is common, where I work, for two men to have an "on the job" conflict. It happens almost daily. Many of these men are new believers coming out of various kinds of addiction... but they are eager to learn this new walk of faith in Christ. Old habits surface however, and the flesh dies hard. We find that the work place itself becomes an excellent training ground, and that conflicts invariably lead to growth.

I have discovered that every conflict can be traced back to a man's wounded pride. If the men truly understood humility, the conflicts would go away! And so, some time ago, I posted in a prominent place the following from Andrew Murray:

Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed or irritated or sore, or disappointed. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me and when I am blamed and despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord where I can go in and out and kneel to my Father in secret and be at rest as in a deep sea of calmness when all around and above is troubled.

Brothers and sisters, wouldn't this be a wonderful way to live!