The Humility of God

"Who is like the Lord our God, Who dwells on high, Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in the heavens and in the earth?" Psalm 113:5-6 (NKJV)

Most likely you will never hear a song titled "Our God is a Humble God". I don't know if humble is even a blip on our mental radar when we think of the quality traits of God. It just doesn't quite carry the weight as awesome, powerful, or mighty. Even though these traits are true and worthy of our praise, I wonder if we are overlooking something that could potentially change our hearts forever. When we praise God for His power it reveals His worth to us, but when we see His humility it reveals our worth to Him. 

The true story of Christmas goes beyond the cry "A savior is born!". It's about the humility of God. God chose to come as a child so that men could come to Him. The shepherds came to see Him. The wise men came and worshipped Him. He was approachable at His birth and has been ever since. That's "good tidings of great joy"!

God's humility didn't end at the birth of His Son. Jesus "made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant... And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross." (Phil. 2:7-8 NKJV). Why would Jesus come and humble Himself to the point of death? Because we are valuable to Him. The cross reveals our value!

This Christmas when you sing :

O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant!
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him
Born the King of Angels:
Chorus:
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.

Remember, He adored us first by humbling Himself and coming to us.  Jesus' invitation to us is "Come to me... for I am humble in heart." (Matt. 11:28-29 NIV) Will you?