*Humble* yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
1 Peter 5:6
This verse really stuck out to me today... its one of those verses you've heard so much you can say it forwards and backwards...
But have you ever stopped to really ponder it?
Lately I've been fascinated by how many "if -- then clauses" there are in the Bible. There's a lot of them! This one doesn't actually say "if" and "then", but its still there.
We have to humble ourselves. Being humble is the opposite of being proud and pride is on Gods hate list(Proverbs 6:17).
IF we will humble ourselves THEN God will bless (exalt) us! But ONLY if we humble ourselves!
If we are proud, then God really CAN'T "exalt" us! He CANNOT bless us!
The only thing that comes with pride is shame(Proverbs 11:2), not blessings.
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