SIGN OF WISDOM
READ: Colossians 3: 12-17
If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the HUMILITY THAT COMES FROM WISDOM. :- James 3:13 (NLT)
Humility is a sign of wisdom and intelligence. The scripture above speaks about the humility that comes from wisdom. A novice lacks this kind of wisdom and intelligence. Humility is recognized today as one of the hallmarks of intelligence. The connection between humility and intelligence is seen in the book of James. Research has also shown that there is a direct correlation between intelligence and humility. Proud people with higher IQs have been found to get lower marks in examinations. Humble people with lower IQs have been shown to perform better in school and in examinations.
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 11:2
A humble person is peaceful. It is wise to be peaceful. A humble person is flowing, yielding, obeying and agreeable. Such personalities are much more likeable than the stiff-necked, stubborn and unyielding variant. Nobody likes stiff-necked people. Nobody falls in love with a stubborn person. No one is attracted to a difficult person who lacks a basic understanding about basic things. The pride of a person causes him to be rejected over and over again whilst humility causes doors to swing open and stay open.
When a novice is hard and difficult, he is showing that he is not as intelligent as he could be. You are not going to get far in life with your hardness and your stubbornness. Pray for genuine humility. When you are genuinely humble, you will be genuinely liked, chosen and promoted. Pride comes before a fall! Humility comes before promotion. Humble yourself and God will lift you up!
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
James 4:10