Honor and humility
You are the one we trust
to bring about justice;
above all else we want
your name to be honored. ~ Isaiah 26:8 (CEV)
Be humble in the presence of God’s mighty power, and he will honor you when the time comes. ~ 1 Peter 5:6 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God eventually honors us when we focus on honoring him by humbly embracing his agenda.
PRAYER:
Lord, I want to honor you. But I want it to be more than words and songs. Those are good but I need a new and humble approach to life. I'm afraid of asking you for humility -- but I'm going to trust you to teach me in the right way. So I am going to ask anyway. I want to make sure that you and your name are properly recognized. 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)
