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Morning and Evening

April 5, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Before honour is humility." — Proverbs 15:33 · KJV

Humiliation of soul always brings a positive blessing with it. If we empty our hearts of self, God will fill them with His love. He who desires close communion with Christ should remember the word of the Lord: "To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at My word." Stoop, if you would climb to heaven. Do we not say of Jesus, "He descended that He might ascend"? So must you. You must grow downward, that you may grow upward; for the sweetest fellowship with heaven is to be had by humble souls, and by them alone. God will deny no blessing to a thoroughly humbled spirit. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven," with all its riches and treasures. The whole treasury of God shall be made over, by deed of gift, to the soul humble enough to receive it without growing proud over it. God blesses us all up to the full measure of what it is safe for Him to do. If you do not get a blessing, it is because it is not safe for you to have one. If our heavenly Father were to let your unhumbled spirit win a victory in His holy war, you would steal the crown for yourself, and, meeting a fresh enemy, you would fall a victim; so you are kept low for your own safety. When a man is sincerely humble, and never ventures to touch so much as a grain of the praise, there is scarcely any limit to what God will do for him. Humility makes us ready to be blessed by the God of all grace, and fits us to deal well with our fellow men. True humility is a flower that will adorn any garden. It is a seasoning with which you may flavor every dish of life, and you will find it an improvement in every case. Whether it be prayer or praise, work or suffering, the genuine salt of humility cannot be used to excess.