Take Root #21
Day 21
1 Peter 5:4-7
4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive
the unfading crown of glory. 5 You younger
men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you,
clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God is
opposed to the proud, but He gives grace to the humble. 6 Therefore humble
yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper
time, 7 having cast all your anxiety on Him, because
He cares about you.
Verse
4 finishes up the verses before it with a promise that the Chief Shepherd is coming…
Then
he transitions into a subject our culture has completely abandoned. What if we were subject to our elders? Our society would be incredibly different. But in our selfishness, we see them as a
burden and in so doing miss all the wisdom they possess…
We
act arrogantly and foolishly because we think we know it all – when in reality
- in just a few years we will be trying to give wisdom to the younger
generation, and they will ignore us as well.
We need to humble ourselves before age does it for us - and listen.
God
is opposed to the proud – which means God is opposed to much of modern-day
America. We need to preach humility – we
need to live humility – and we need to honor humility – but if society does not
respond we may rest in God’s power and cast our anxiety on Christ because He
loves us.
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