“HUMBLE YOURSELVES!”

 1 Peter 5:6-7                         (ESV)

“[6] “HUMBLE YOURSELVES”, therefore, under the MIGHTY HAND of GOD so that at the proper time HE may exalt you, [7] casting all your anxieties on HIM, because HE CARE FOR YOU”

Peter, formerly known as Simon, was known in his past to be one who acted almost impulsively, doing what “he thought” needed to be done!  Remember when JESUS was being apprehended in the garden, Peter drew his sword and cut off the ear of one of the high priest’s servants.  In John 18:11 it is recorded “So JESUS said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the FATHER has given ME?”  Peter had a difficult time grasping what the disciples were CALLED to do, probably because he was so set on doing what “he thought” was appropriate!

Years later Peter writes in this letter to “those who are ELECT exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia” for the readers of the letter to “HUMBLE YOURSELVES” under the MIGHTY HAND of GOD so that at the proper time HE may exalt you!  It wasn’t as if Peter was instructing those reading the letter with no experience what he was writing about.  Peter was writing about what GOD had REVEALED to him through the trials and tribulations he had experienced in his walk!!

“HUMBLE YOURSELVES” isn’t something that most of us readily submit to, nor is it something that many people are comfortable accepting!  Even through the trials and tribulations that I have been subjected to in my life I STILL have to instructed to “HUMBLE YOURSELVES”!  Either that, or GOD can do it for me!!!