Lessons in Humility

One of my favorite players in the National Football League years ago was Kurt Werner. Kurt was a great Christian who stood up for his faith. Kurt led the Saint Louis Rams to the Super Bowl and they won it. He was named the most valuable player of the league and the Super Bowl. The next thing you know, he was sitting on the bench, not playing. He went through a period of not doing well, got injured; and while he was recuperating, the back-up quarterback won his job. So Kurt went from MVP to holding a clipboard and taking notes on the sidelines. Talk about a humbling transition! Thankfully, he handled it very well. Life is a process of learning humility.

The actor Tom Selleck wrote, "Whenever I get full of myself, I remember that nice couple who approached me with a camera on a street in Honolulu one day. When I struck up a pose for them, the man said, 'No, no. We want you to take a picture for us.'" Even strangers can keep us humble.

In the eighth chapter of Ecclesiastes, Solomon reminds us about five things that make us humble. When we humble ourselves before The Lord, He will lift us up (James:4:10).