We have always put ourselves first, to think of our issues, our problems, our wants and needs are the most important. This is not the way God wants us to. He wants us to show humility.
Humility is not about weakness
Romans 12:3 tells us to: "Be honest in your estimate of yourselves, measuring your value by how much faith God has given you" It means not to think of yourself "more highly" but use "sober judgment" in your view of yourself. That is humility.
To achieve that requires a change in our thinking and a daily commitment to operate with others in mind. "All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, 'God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble'" (1 Peter 5:5).
Jesus is the best example of true humility.
1 John 3:16 – 20
And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his
presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything
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