GOD WILL KNOW WHEN TO EXALT US

“Humble yourselves in the sight of the LORD, and he shalt lift you up” (JAMES 4:10)

Christians have often asked: “Must I humble myself and meekly accept every situation in life?”

 

I think this is the answer: As Christians, we must never violate morals or truth in humility.

 

If in humbling ourselves we compromise the truth, we must never do it. If it means a compromise of morality, we must never do it.

 

I am confident that no man or woman is ever called of God to degrade himself or herself, either morally or in truth. But we do have a calling from God to humble ourselves under His mighty hand—and let the other party do the rock-throwing!

 

In this call to His people for true humility, God adds the promise that He will exalt us in due time! “Due time.” It will be the time that God knows is best suited to perfect us and a time that will bring honor to God and the most good to men. That is “due time.”

 

It may be that in God’s will – He will expect us to wait a long time before He can honor us or exalt us. But God knows what is best for each of us in His desire to make us the kind of saints that will glorify and honor Him in all things!

 

It is well for us to remember here that Jesus willingly humbled himself under the hand of men and so He humbled Himself under the hand of God!