Humility and Pride
Many people, both believers and nonbelievers alike, consider humility to be an admirable virtue. It can be refreshing to encounter someone who has a down to earth personality despite having everything in the world going for them. For believers, humility isn’t just a nice personality perk. It’s something the Bible instructs us to practice. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. - Ephesians 4:2 What does it really mean to be humble? What is humility? Webster’s dictionary defines humility as the freedom from arrogance and pride . That definition is fine, but what does it look like in practice? Does it mean that we should ignore the good things about ourselves? Should we downplay our own greatness? Consider Lebron James. He’s one of the greatest players to ever touch a basketball. Some feel he is arrogant. They believe he shou...