The humility of God?

Normally when we think of God, humility does not come to mind, does it? Is humility a part of God's character? It may be far more then we previously considered. Let's see.

What is interesting about the Spirit of God is the Spirit (always in the feminine gender in OT Hebrew) is equally God along with the Father and the Son.

Yet the Spirit primarily remains behind the scenes, always pointing us to the Father and the Son - and revealing to us the Son and his words. Seemingly the opposite of the Father who is always calling us to recognize the greatness of his glory.

The Spirit is called the Spirit of glory (IPet 4:14) but we are never directly told to glorify the Spirit. The Spirit is always revealing, glorifying, enabling and pointing us to glorify others (the Father and Son). 

The contrast is important and significant. This tells us God is not only all glorious but as the Spirit, is all humble as well. The Holy Spirit is truly multifacited and asks nothing of us (i.e. to humble ourself) that the Spirit (God) doesn't also fully take part in. 

Part of what makes God so great is God - as Spirit - is also so humble and other oriented; not by necessity but by choice. 

We also see this same quality in Christ.

Mat 11:29  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly (humble, cast down, humiliated - in the original) in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Php 2:6-8 ...who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped (seized, held fast), but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

In addition to the above, it requires greater humility to go from being God to being a man than it does from being rebelliously independent and untrusting creatures to our true status of dependent creatures e.g. going from a penthouse to an outhouse (Christ's humbling) is a far greater step down than moving from a large house to a small one (our humbling). 

The steps God took to bring his love to us were far greater steps of humility than we will ever take - or be able to - for Him. 

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