Worm, Part IX

God's hand is upon me this morning and He is teaching me things I never could have possibly understood on my own. The bible is hard to understand but there is no greater truth than what I am about to tell you. The bible is first about Jesus. The Old Testament and the New Testament is all about Him. However, it is not just about the man who was the Son of God. It is also about how He lived and the nature of His character. It is about the light of life and the other side... darkness. Every single story is about humility and arrogance. Humility and fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Humility is the light and arrogance is the darkness. I am the creature, not the creator. I don't make the rules, He does. I am a servant, not a master.

Inside of us there is a struggle. We want to run things on our own, we want to achieve great things and this through our own power and merit. We are fierce creatures trying to make our own way on our own terms. Inwardly, we rebel and want to be independent. We don't want anyone telling us what we should be but want to have the freedom to decide things for ourselves. We want what we want and we want it now. We want to decide what is good and evil. We do not want to be inferior to anything. We think life is about status, strength, accomplishments, keeping up with the Joneses, money, achievement, survival of the fittest, fitting in, etc. However, life is not about these things. These things are meaningless. The core of the truth is simply humility.

It is a powerful thing to one day wake up and just simply embrace who you are and who you were created to be. It is important for us to accept who we really are. If you resist, as most men and women do, you will be destroyed by it. Darkness and depression will ruin you and take over your life. You can achieve things your way or God's way. You can fight authority or submit to it. The suffering in your life is necessary because suffering and pain must come first. Once the pain breaks your arrogance and shows you how weak you really are... you are now ready to accept Him as King and once you do (submitting to Jesus as Lord), He will lift you up and call you an Heir to the throne and give you eternal life. Jesus came the first time as a humble servant and the next time He comes... He comes as a mighty King! God has highly decorated Him and will put all things under His feet. It is time for us all to become the worm. There is no shame in this, but glory. It is not a bad thing but a good thing.

^{1 Peter 5:5-7}

⁵Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,
   "God opposes the proud
      but gives grace to the humble." ⁶Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. ⁷Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.