Do you exalt yourself?

​Something for everyone...

It's funny, but folks can get flipped one way or the other on the same fulcrum. Think about it, one fulcrum can put one up and the other down. 

If you're picturing a seesaw or a teeter-totter, you're on the right track. One has never been launched but so high or brought but so low on a seesaw. However, there is another lever which promises amazing heights, but it also promises a mighty low. 

Consider...

"Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted." (Matthew 23:12 ESV)

Think about our culture; our way is one of self-exaltation. We are a people clothed in thick arrogance and self-centeredness.  We pride ourselves on our pride. We thumb our noses at one another and shake our fists at the heavenlies. 

There is something in Matthew 23:12 for those who remain prideful and unrepentant; such ones will be brought low. Very low, indeed. 

Thanks be to God, there is something in Matthew 23:12 for the one who chooses to humble themselves before the Lord. One famous atheist said he wouldn't like heaven if he thought it existed because he wouldn't want to grovel before some deity for eternity. That man is missing a mighty point; humility before our awesome God is a natural response to His goodness and might, but it is also the pathway to being brought up to God's holy hill for fellowship with Him. 

Humility, then, one might say, is the lever which causes some to be lifted on up to the Lord, or which causes some to stay far, far away from Him. 

There it is, though... do you see it? We can choose humility that brings us into the presence of God, or we can refuse humility until such time as we gain it the hard way. We will humble ourselves or be humbled. Choosing humility is the better path, but there is something here for everyone.