Monday, September 07, 2009

Humility & Holiness

Andrew Murray writes: "The one infallible test of our holiness will be the humility before God and men that marks us. Humility is the bloom and the beauty of holiness."

The problem comes in my attempt to apply this principle. It seems to stem from wanting to be able to examine myself and know just how holy I really am. But if humility is the best test for holiness, then the problem is that humility doesn't want to be examined. The moment I fix my eyes on humility it vanishes. So I am left to test for holiness by somehow measuring it, and I'm not sure how to do that without being a proud legalist. So maybe I don't really need to know how holy I am? Maybe I just need to fix my eyes on the Holy & Humble One?

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