HUMILITY
JOB 21:22 (MSG)
But who are we to tell God how to run his affairs?
He’s dealing with matters that are way over our heads.
ROMANS 12:16 (CEB)
Consider everyone as equal, and don’t think that you’re better than anyone else. Instead, associate with people who have no status. Don’t think that you’re so smart.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
If you embrace God, you will also embrace humility.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for embodying humility through the Son who stepped down to live and die among us so that together we might experience his resurrection. All the important things in life are fueled by humility. I confess, though, that I'm still inclined to do whatever it takes to protect my territory -- including huffing and strutting as though I'm some VIP. Show me a new way of getting life done -- a new way that is fully in line with the Jesus way. I'm going to pour my energy into elevating others instead of defending my own position. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
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)
