VERSE:

VERSE:
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to
divide the spoil with the proud.
-- Proverbs 16:19
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THOUGHT:
What is your source of significance? This proverb challenges us
to view the world upside down to the rest of culture. Humility and
association with the lowly and oppressed are valued by God. Abusive
power and arrogance are not. God didn't just give us this proverb;
he sent us his Son to demonstrate it. Now if we can only learn to
live it. Ah! But Jesus does give us the opportunity to demonstrate
it when he says, "Follow me!" (cf. John 13)

PRAYER:
Father, I do recognize my weakness and vulnerability to
temptation, to the lure of my culture's facades, and to the
pressure to be like the "popular crowd." Thank you for Jesus, who
had power but displayed humility, who had position but identified
with the abandoned, forgotten, and rejected. Please use me to be a
difference-maker in my world by including those who are left out,
forgotten, and disenfranchised. In Jesus name. Amen.