“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”
-- C.S. Lewis

I am walking through Psalm 34 with you on Monday mornings. Last week I studied one of my favorite verses in the entire Bible, “They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces will never be ashamed.” Psalm 34:5 (NASB)

The way to radiate Light is for God to place the Light of the World within you the moment you believe in His Son. We can’t help but radiate His light when we spend time with Him because He fills our Spirits so full they overflow!

Let’s remember where the Psalmist David was when he penned Psalm 34. Scared for his life, David pretended he was mad and he escaped to hide in a cave. Imagine what was going through David’s mind. Anointed as king at a young age, he continued his role as shepherd, defeated Goliath, and waited for the fulfillment of his calling.

God led David through a waiting process, and through the process, David held on tightly to his faith.

In the waiting, David’s confidence did not come from his job.
In the waiting, David’s confidence did not come from man.
In the waiting, David’s confidence came from his Heavenly Father.

The process of waiting put David’s heart in a position of surrender to His Heavenly Father with a posture of great humility.

We connect well with David’s Psalms because He verbalizes the mental, emotional, and spiritual process he goes through while loving God, surrendering to God, and struggling with his footing in this crazy world. We understand his heart and his words help our hearts to take the same posture.

“This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.” Psalm 34:6 (NASB)

In Psalm 34, David moves from writing to the reader in the third person, to realizing what God did for Him personally. You can sense the change of tone and emotion in his words. In this first-person language, David says “who am I” that you heard me and delivered me? It’s as if David is saying, “The Lord heard me. He heard ME! He listened to me and then, He saved me from all my troubles.”

And then it hit me, “The Lord heard me. He heard ME! He listened to me and He saved me from all my troubles.”

How beautiful it is when you realize God heard you. Yes! He heard you and HE listened to YOU! And He saved you from all of your troubles.

This realization does make one come to the point of saying, WHO AM I?

“Who am I that the highest King Would welcome me? I was lost but He brought me in Oh His love for me, Oh His love for me.” --Hillsong

In Exodus 3, Moses said the same thing to God when God got Moses’s attention through a burning bush. Moses hid his face from God because he did not feel worthy of God’s attention. His exact words were, “Who am I?” And God answered, “I AM WHO I AM.” God’s name, YAHWEH, which means “I AM.” God reminds Moses, He is the Creator God and He will go before him.

Jesus kept His eyes on God even through the most difficult times.
We keep our eyes on Jesus even through the most difficult times.
Jesus left a legacy of humility because He understood the big picture.
We live a life of humility when we come to understand the big picture.

Before honor, comes humility.
Trust the process.

David’s circumstances were beyond his control.
Jesus’s circumstances were beyond his control.
And today, our circumstances are beyond our control.

You cannot move to a place of honor, without traveling down the path of humility. Before honor, comes humility.
Trust the process.

Students, athletes, parents, teachers, administrators, friends, family, you’ve got this today, because He has you.

These truth’s come from God’s Word.
God’s Word is true. God’s Word is enough.
You are so loved. I am praying for you.
Happy Monday!