“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. \u201c \u00a0Philippians 2:3 CSB
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There is an acronym I heard years ago: JOY. \u00a0JOY equals Jesus, Others, Yourself. It is the key to living a JOY-filled life. \u00a0Three small letters, so easily said, yet so hard to live. It can\u2019t be accomplished without humility. \u00a0Humility is freedom from arrogance or pride, a modest estimate of one\u2019s own worth. It isn\u2019t saying you don\u2019t have self worth, it\u2019s just saying you realize God is God and you\u2019re not. \u00a0The world doesn\u2019t actually revolve around you or me, it revolves around God. That is why you must stay humble and hungry for His word.
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There isn\u2019t a morning I open up my Bible and am not convicted of something. The harsh word I said to my husband, the friend I should of called but didn\u2019t, the opportunity I had to serve a stranger that I let slip by. I am a true believer when God places someone in my path, there is a purpose for it. I call them Divine Appointments, meetings God has placed on my calendar I know nothing about. And they will humble you.
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I have a neighbor named Dot. She\u2019s a widow that lives in the next subdivision. I\u2019ll never forget how I met Dot. I was driving home one day when she cut me off in her little red VW bug. I was so angry, nothing can make me more mad than other people\u2019s driving. I didn\u2019t outwardly do anything, but inwardly I was fuming at her selfishness. But what can you do? I went on home and tried to let it go. It was about 15 minutes later when there was a knock on my front door. It was Dot, out walking her dog. She had seen where I lived and she had come to apologize to me for cutting me off. I was humbled immediately for the thoughts I had had just minutes ago. Dot explained she truly hadn\u2019t seen me, it wasn\u2019t her intent and she was truly sorry. That is how I met Dot, and now she is my friend. A Divine Appointment that humbled me greatly.
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Dot did nothing out of selfish ambition, but in humility, she considered me more important than herself. She taught me a lesson I will never forget. One I hope to share with others. Mark Batterson, pastor of National Community Church in D.C. puts it this way:
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\u201cIf you STAY HUMBLE and STAY HUNGRY there is nothing God cannot do in you or through you.\u201d
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He\u2019s right, there is nothing God can\u2019t do if you stay humble and hungry for Him.
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