Humble And Gentle

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Ephesians 4:2

If we observe the life of Christ, we behold two salient characteristics.  Christ was humble and gentle.  Like so many of our conceptions these qualities have become somewhat distorted over time.  Humility is an accurate understanding of who we are and who we are not.  Gentleness is the careful handling of strength in order to preserve the integrity of the person or thing to which we apply it.  Because Christ knew who He was and who He was not,  He did not need to trumpet His majesty, power and glory with ostentatious self-aggrandizing displays.  Rather, ‘He went about doing good.’  He showed His gentleness in an abundance of contexts with the weak, the helpless, and the sincerely misguided.  It is worthwhile to notice, that as Paul appeals to the Ephesians to ‘walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,’ he begins to delineate that by referring to these two outstanding qualities which Christ clearly demonstrated.  If we will practically apply the glorious theology of the past three chapters, it will bring us to consider the character qualities exhibited by the One Who knew it best in all of its’ ramifications.  Today, we meditate on these qualities in Him, that they may come to be in us by the power of His Spirit. 

Our Gracious Master and our God,
we rejoice that we see in You all that we admire.
We praise You that as Your Holy Spirit works
within us, You will conform us unto Your Image.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning