HONORED AND EXALTED

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

Thursday 5th May 2016

Topic: Honoured And Exalted

Text: "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty
hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time" (1
Peter 5:6).

The world teaches you to scramble as hard as
you can to make it to the top. Of course, there
is nothing wrong with hard work, but our goals
should never be to try and gain a big name for
ourselves so we can enjoy the praise of man.
God does exalt people, but His way of doing so
does not come through our own human efforts;
it comes because we choose humility. I
remember years ago when we were first starting
in the ministry, someone gave us a prophecy that
said, “I am seeing how low you are willing to
bow to see how high I might raise you, says the
Lord!” Well, that wasn’t the most exciting word
we ever received, and we wondered just what
kind of bowing down the Lord was really
expecting! Well, in the years to follow, we
definitely experienced our fair share of humble
pie. But I look back on all those years and
realize that I couldn’t stand in ministry today
without those humbling experiences.
You see, God has a place of honor for you today.
It may not look like that of anyone else, but He
has a plan to exalt you nevertheless. Your
choices to humble yourself will pay off
eventually, and God will exalt you for His
purposes in due time!
Prayer:
Father, I make a decision to humble myself today
under Your mighty hand. Erase all forms of pride
from my heart and help me to handle it well when
you honor me, even as promised in Your Word. In
Jesus’ Name, amen.

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Judges 1-2; John 4:1-26; Proverbs 11:9-18