Humility has nothing to do with depreciating ourselves and our gifts in ways we know to be untrue. Even "humble" attitudes can be masks of pride. Humility is that freedom from our self which enables us to be in positions in which we have neither recognition nor importance, neither power nor visibility, and even experience deprivation, and yet have joy and delight. It is the freedom of knowing that we are not in the center of the universe, not even in the center of our own private universe.
Interpretation
Humility is recognizing our place in the universe without degrading our worth; it allows joy without the need for recognition.
David F. Wells emphasizes that true humility is not about diminishing ourselves or pretending to be less than we are. Instead, it is about finding joy and freedom in understanding that we are not the center of attention or importance, which allows us to appreciate life without the need for validation or recognition from others.
In practice
A speaker at a leadership retreat discussing the importance of humility in effective leadership.
What we see at the cross is the white-hot revelation of the character of God, of his love providing the price that holiness requires. The cross was his means of redeeming lost sinners and reconciling them to himself, but it was also a profound disclosure of his mercy. It is, in Paul’s words, an ‘inexpressible gift’ that leads us to wonder and worship, to praise and adore the God who has given himself to us in this way.
Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.
Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don’t ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are ostensibly your competition. No one else is capable of doing what you do.
I let the argument rip healthily between the departments. This is a very good way to finding out the truth.
I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.
Most people, if they were generous, were so because they thought life was short and that one must make the most of it. Sid Baxter was generous because he knew that life was long. It went on and on even when you had no use for it anymore. It was happiness, not life, that was short, and when it visited - in the form of a fine evening spent talking with a friend - he honoured it.
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