Humility
The Lord All-Powerful
has chosen a day
when those who are proud
and conceited
will be put down. ~ Isaiah 2:12 (CEV)
John the Baptist said: "Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’" ~ Luke 3:8a (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
God is going to bring down the smug and arrogant.
PRAYER:
Lord All-Powerful, I'm eager for the day when you will humble the people who are ruining our lives. Help me to live with true humility so that I don't end up going down with them. It is really easy to over-estimate how important I am. I want to walk humbly with you and to be on your side on the day of reckoning -- when Jesus, the humble king, returns. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
