It’s in glorifying God that we understand the fruits of holiness. This begins with placing Christ as our primary focus and living in God’s truth. Humility is the best way to approach God because we didn’t save ourselves (Titus 3:4-7). Christ’s enemy tries his best to convince us we don’t need God and places thoughts inside our minds telling us we can do everything on our own.

Our world is full of temptations wanting us to turn our backs on God and live in the lusts of Satan’s deception. Every few months a new technological advancement hits the market leading us to place the focus on ourselves and away from Christ. The devil is cunning and uses materialism to lure us into an unsatisfactory spiritual condition because he knows the lack of humility separates from God.

Paul’s Epistle to Titus is one of the best illustration of humility. In Chapter Three verse two Paul shared This: “to speak evil of no one, to be peaceful, gentle, showing all humility to all men” (Titus 3:2). Here, Paul identifies humility as love, peace, and kindness. He reminds us to be an example of God’s Spirit. And God’s mercy holds us accountable to do the same with our neighbors.

Paul continued his message by showing us the reason for humility.

“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. Whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior. That having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who believe in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men,” (Titus 3:4-8).

Those scriptures provide God’s truth concerning the origins of salvation and leaves no excuses for self-righteousness. Here God places us in humility because He gives us knowledge of His plan for humanity’s eternal outcome.

Once God brings us mercy, then He uses Christ to wash us clean from sin and renews us through His Spirit. It’s God’s Spirit that makes us humble because He has opened our eyes to eternal light.

Since God showed us humility, shouldn’t we do the same?

The Lord saved us, and part of our duty is to extend God’s saving grace to those around us. Our lives must radiate to others (believers and unbelievers) God’s gift of salvation. God chose us and made us powerful examples of His mercy to humanity. And when we live in Christ, the world comes face to face with God’s love.

One way of staying humble is remembering our past and what Christ has done for us. Again God used Paul to shows us we too are sinners. Paul put it this way. “For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating each other” (Titus 3:3). Those are the facts stemming from Adam and Eve’s great fall from God’s grace and passed on to humanity. And no human being on earth is excluded from sin.

I used to live life for myself. My life before receiving God’s grace was full of pride. Everything I did was to glorify myself, and this caused others to stay away from me. I lived in constant fear and resented rejection. Selfish motives turned me into a taker looking for ways to receive instead of giving. Everything I chased was for self-satisfaction often involving lustful actions.

I’m grateful God saved me. Christ has changed my life, and He removed my need to rely on myself. The Lord showed me eternal light and since then I’m willing to live my life for Christ. I know God wants to help you too and He will the moment you ask in faith without reservations.

We can’t afford to forget God’s unconditional compassion. God’s truth makes us humble, and abiding in Christ keeps us modest. God has called us to a spiritual way of living and the more we devote ourselves then we can live humble and receive His grace (James 4:6). And once Christ sanctifies us, then we can show others the fruits of humility.

God is awesome!