The Prophetic Word - Day 16: God makes the humble, holy.
- May 6, 2023
- 3 min read
“For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
Isaiah 57:15 ESV
The word of God tells us that when Moses came down from Mount Sinai after speaking to God face-to-face, his face shined in such a way that the people were afraid to look at him.
“When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hand, he did not know that the skin of his face was shining [with a unique radiance] because he had been speaking with God. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to approach him.”
Exodus 34:29-30 AMP
Now, we don’t get shiny faces from our relationship with God through Jesus Christ; but make no mistake, if we fail to look like Him in what we say and do, we can be sure that if we have experienced His presence, we certainly have not allowed His presence to transform us.
Indeed, some Christians show no change because they haven’t submitted to the process required for transformation; they haven’t submitted to the discipline (cleansing) of the Lord.
Through the work of Jesus Christ we now have been given the precious Holy Spirit of God. It is He Who will guide us into the process of being formed into the Lord’s image. But, if we will not accept His correction and direction, there will be no transformation.
“You must submit to [correction for the purpose of] discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? Now if you are exempt from correction and without discipline, in which all [of God’s children] share, then you are illegitimate children and not sons [at all]. Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we submitted and respected them [for training us]; shall we not much more willingly submit to the Father of spirits, and live [by learning from His discipline]? For our earthly fathers disciplined us for only a short time as seemed best to them; but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.”
Hebrews 12:7-10 AMP
Understand, without humility, we will never submit to the discipline of God through which we are made able to share in His holiness.
In our opening scripture we see that the Lord says that He actually dwells with those who are humble and contrite.
On the other hand, we know that He resists the proud.
“And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.”
1 Peter 5:5b-6 NLT
This week we have been looking at the concept of “holy despair,” the godly sorrow that leads to repentance. And, it is only through repentance that we will be able to produce good (godly) works.
Without humility, we will never allow the conviction of sin—whether coming through God’s word, His Holy Spirit speaking to our spirit, or through encountering His unfathomable holiness—to cause us to have the godly sorrow necessary for the receiving of His correction.
Tragically, without that correction, we can never be like Him. Without that correction, we can never be holy.
Peace to you.
Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!
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