Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“HUMBLY HAPPY”

The greatest sermon ever preached was Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Many people believe that you can live by the Sermon on the Mount, but if you try, you will quickly find out that it’s as impossible as it is to live by the Ten Commandments. This does not mean that we are not to try, it just means that when we fail, and we will, His grace is always there to pick up our slack.  

 The first 11 verses of The Sermon on the Mount are known as “The Beatitudes.”  I like to say: These are the “Attitudes to Be.” Jesus begins His sermon on humility. Each of His Beatitudes begin with “Blessed.” Blessed in these verses means happy.  

 Blessed are the poor in spirit. This beatitude teaches us to practice humility. Because we are believers and saved by His grace, we must display humility. Pride does not go well with faith in Christ. To trust in Christ is to deny ourselves and submit to Him. Being saved does not make us poor in spirit, we are to display humility in spirit.  

 Humility displayed as a Christian should not be hateful, grumbly, or any other dreadful emotion. We should display humility in happiness. We are nothing and He is everything! We were lost and undone, now we are saved. We were dead in sin and now we are made alive through Christ. We have nothing to be proud of but rather, we have everything to be humble about! Love and serve others out of humility and be happy about it! Remember, humble doesn’t know it’s humble and humility with attitude is no humility at all. Be “Humbly Happy!” 

Matthew 5:3—”3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”