Luke:14:11
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
This example that Jesus quoted has challenged me since childhood. To not to take up seats of honour, lest you would be embarassed and humiliated. But to take up seats of less honour, that you would be honoured by the host later.
It is man's tendency to project himself. To take up honour for your own. But to keep it aside, to stay low profile so that others are honoured more, is a great thing. Others might not know it, neither would they know you. You may fade into oblivion just like that. As if you never existed. Without being noticed or honoured. But that is absolutely fine, as God sees it.
1Pet:5:6 So humble yourself under the mighty power of God and at the right time, He will lift you up in honour.
But most of us focus on being lifted up in due time in honour. That becomes the motivation to humble ourselves. That is not true humbling. Is the desire to be lifted up, a motivation to humble yourself. That is counterinspiration. Countermotivation. These should not go together.
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