"I am Humble; Am I Not?"

Proude of My Humility
Paul warns against a certain type of false humility (Colossians 2:18-23). This kind of humility is a self-seeking, voluntary kind which has to be guarded against. It is not genuine humility to humble ourselves with the feeling that we are greater than others, but only when we do not think of self at all. It is possible to be proud of our humility. The question then is what is this genuine Christian humility and how does it express itself?

Watch me: I am Humble, Am I Not?

True Christian humility is not the kind that seeks to be wondered at, but one that is active at work and in being more interested in others than self. It is found in being more committed to truth than convenience, in being more inclined to look up to others than to look down on them, and like the incarnate Son of God, being more comfortable with the lowly than the great. Humility is more silent than loud; it is more a done thing than a said thing. And because the humble can never know they are, humility makes no attempt to project itself. It certainly makes no pretence of being humble.