Be Humble

 

14 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely. 

Take the Lowly Place

⁷ So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: ⁸ “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; ⁹ and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place. ¹⁰ But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. ¹¹ For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Humility is not only a goal, but it is golden.  It is a virtue which expresses the reality that we , of ourselves, are no better than our neighbor, but through God's grace and recognition of our gifts, he is the one who exalts us and gives us a place of honor.  Humility is hard to practice on our own as our egos secretly seek the "higher places" of recognition and praise. Let us ask for the grace to continue being who we are, to use our gifts as best we can and not worry about what recognition we receive nor where we sit.

Bro.  Rene