Be Humble and Patient

Ephesians 4:2

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love.

What a message God has given us through this verse!. Being humble and patient in love are the traits of a righteous person and God through Bible is telling us to be a righteous person. Because of sins (selfishness, anger, and self-centered motives), we see these days people losing their anger without even thinking twice, people break relationships without even trying to know what the other person is going through, such is today’s world that we have stopped caring for each other. People say they are Jesus believers and forget the commandment he gave to us; John 13:34 - A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

What is the purpose of life without loving your family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, basically everyone without getting selfish? One act of selflessness will not only please God but will give you immense satisfaction. A satisfaction which money can’t buy, a satisfaction which you can only experience by committing yourself to God. In love is God and that you can get only by humbling yourself.

Holy Spirit vs Flesh

Romans 8:5

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

What a beautiful message. This verse allows us to do some introspection of ourselves. What are we after in Life? Are we the ones who simply say “We are believers”; but do what we want to and convince our heart in that or are we the ones “Who walk the talk”?

By simply saying “Jesus is my savior and from now on I am a Christian” doesn’t solve the purpose; what God wants to see is a complete overhauling of our body, mind, and spirit. How we behave, what we talk and what we think determines whether we are adhering to his commandments or not. Demands of the flesh lead us to sin whereas our hunger for the Holy Spirit leads us to salvation. Therefore do not fall prey to the desires of your flesh because there Satan has spread a snare for you; instead, focus your mind and thoughts on Holy Spirit because there God has planned salvation for you.   

Jesus "as" Wisdom

Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

In Old Testament, Jesus was being referred to as Wisdom in many verses. In fact, when we carefully analyze New Testament and Old Testament; we see a similarity in the commandments/teachings which are often referred as law. When Jesus tells us about how to live and how to conduct ourselves in New Testament you will notice that all those things are being addressed in Old Testament with the wisdom imparted from Heavenly Father as the central figure. So wisdom and Jesus being interchangeable in many aspects, we can safely say that “wisdom” of Old Testament is same as “Jesus” of New Testament. And that is exactly what this verse depicts us. The law of the wise means the law of Jesus; and that law saves us from the snares of death, i.e. eternal death.

As a Christian our priority should be achieving the “eternal life” and that we can achieve only by following the wise, i.e. Jesus. His laws and his ways are impeccable and nothing can beat us if we allow our life to be governed by him. Anybody can have knowledge but wisdom is to use that knowledge aright and that is what Jesus is all about in our lives.

So next time you pray simply, ask God to usher his wisdom onto you and you will see your life change forever.