Let It Flow!

Lu.22:²⁷ “Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves.” (emphasis added).

Even among the disciples Jesus had to deal with the matter of humility. Lu.22:^{24 -26} “Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. Jesus told them, “In this world the kings and great men lord it over their people, yet they are called ‘friends of the people.’  But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant.” You need to let humility flow. Do not promote yourself into places God has not promoted you. It will only lead to trouble because God’s grace will not be there. So, let humility flow – let it flow.

Let us get into a few practical ways to let humility flow. Most times, when people asked Jesus the question of ‘how’, He answers with ‘when’. ‘How can a man be born again?’, Jesus responded to Nicodemus, ‘When you see the clouds gather, you know it is about to rain. You, being a teacher in Israel…’ The disciples asked Jesus, ‘How will the end of time happen?’ Jesus said, ‘When you see these signs, you know that the end is here; nations will rise against nations…’. Therefore, to answer the ‘how’, when you see certain things, we know that humility is flowing. When you trigger certain things, humility actually flows.

Humility flows When We Defer To Our Peers And Our Subordinates. Phil. 2:⁶ “Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.” Jesus was God but He deferred to the Father and that is so powerful. Humility is when we defer to our peers and our subordinates. Most people do the opposite, but humility flows when we defer. Take the classic husband and wife situation, some would insist that in this time and age, it has to be a peer-to-peer arrangement. While other couples insist on it being hierarchical; the man of the house and his subordinates of which his wife is number one. Let’s even assume it is a peer-to-peer situation, for you to have a good marriage you must be able to operate in both arrangements. If you insist on it just being hierarchical, you are going to damage your marriage. If you insist on just peer-to-peer, you are going to destroy your family. You must be able to operate at both levels.

‘I will not agree’ has caused too many problems in marriages. One party sees things differently from the other and is refusing to budge on his or her position thereby creating a situation where there is turmoil. The Word of God says, though Jesus was God, He deferred to God. Jesus chose the lower place. Counselling a couple years ago, each person claimed that they were the more spiritually matured person in the relationship. However, they had an issue and wanted to know who should yield and apologise first. I said, the more spiritually matured person is the humbler person. So, let the more spiritually matured yield first. Guess what? Each person began to insist the other was the more spiritually matured person and should yield first. Amazing! Let it flow!

Prayer: Holy Spirit, help me flow in humility just like Jesus Christ did, in Jesus Name. Amen!