Really Good Resources On... Humility (#3)

While it may not be the easiest thing to read, Jonathan Edwards' writing on pride and humility is well worth the effort. Edwards help in discerning spiritual pride comes in the midst his work on The Great Awakening. These 18 pages will help you to discern your heart at a whole new level and also help you to apply the gospel as a means to grow in humility. Let me encourage you that the work of wading through Edwards writing is always rewarded!

Here's a link to the section on Undiscerned Spiritual Pride.

The practical value of admiring the excellencies of Christ

I found a quote today in Sam Storm's Signs of the Spirit that helped me realize why it is good to spend so much time focusing on the glories of Christ. The following quote helped me to realize why purposefully admiring the excellency of Christ should be a higher priority than the "more practical stuff" that often attracts my attention:

"By the sight of the transcendent glory of Christ, true Christians see him worthy to be followed, and are so powerfully drawn after him. They see him worthy that they should forsake all for him. By the sight of that superlative amiableness [unmatched goodness], they are thoroughly disposed to be subject to him, and engaged to labor with earnestness and activity in his service and made willing to go through all difficulties for his sake. And 'tis the discovery of this divine excellency of Christ that makes them constant to him, for it makes a deep impression upon their minds that they cannot forget him, and they will follow him whithersoever he goes, and it is in vain for any to endeavor to draw them away from him." (Jonathan Edwards)

I take this to mean that clear views of Christ's glory are what makes our hearts want to obey and apply His Word on a practical level.