Part 1 Yield/Stop
Penned Truth- God is calling us to a life of giving priority to others, which is humbling ourselves and serving others.
Thomas Brooks- The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others.
1 Peter 5:5 (ESV) …. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Grace | Dictionary of Bible Themes: The unmerited favour of God.
Favour | Dictionary of Bible Themes: Looking kindly upon someone or treating someone with special regard.
Favor | Oxford Languages: An act of kindness beyond what is due or usual; approval, and support.
Humility | Christian Bible Reference: humility or humbleness is a quality of being courteously respectful of others; Rather than, “Me first,” humility says, “No, you first.”
1 Peter 5:5 (ESV) …. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
David Jeremiah- Every time we deny ourselves in order to serve someone else, we grow in Christ.
Philippians 2:3-4 (AMP) 3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit [through factional motives, or strife], but with [an attitude of] humility [being neither arrogant nor self-righteous], regard others as more important than yourselves. 4 Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
Penned Truth: Remember, Kingdom thinking is others first, and that’s upside down from the world’s thinking.
John Hagee- The measure of a man’s greatness is not the number of servants he has, but the number of people he serves.
John 13:4-5 (NET) 4 he got up from the meal, removed[j] his outer clothes,[k] took a towel and tied it around himself.[l] 5 He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.[m]
John 13:12-15 (ESV) 12 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.
Mark 10:45 (ESV) 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
• Are You Compassionate?
Compassion | Dictionary of Bible Themes: Characteristic of Jesus Christ, usually shown in acts of kindness and consideration towards those in any kind of difficulty or crisis.
Galatians 5:13-14 (AMP) 13 For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the [a]sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through [b]love serve and seek the best for one another. 14 For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is fulfilled in one precept, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, you shall have an unselfish concern for others and do things for their benefit].”
Final Word: Submitting to one another is not the chain of bondage we tend to make it out to be. Instead, it is the triumph of one who has been set free. A truly free person can put others above themselves. The Church (Christians) should walk humbly before others, lowering ourselves so God is Glorified, not us. The act of yielding and putting others before ourselves does not have to be much; it’s doing something for someone before ourselves that matters most. That moment, you are humbly yourself and serving others, showing God’s love to the world. As 1 Peter 5:5 promises, it releases God’s grace, His unmerited favor upon you.
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