Scripture with Comment for Friday, the 19th
With humility consider others
superior to you.—Phil. 2:3.
Our motive for clothing ourselves
with the new personality must be
to honor Jehovah, not to win praise
from men. Remember that even a
once perfect spirit creature sinned
because he allowed himself to become filled with pride. (Compare
Ezekiel 28:17.) How much more difficult it is for sinful humans to
avoid improper pride and haughtiness! Still, it is possible to clothe
ourselves with humility. What will
help us to do so? To remain humble,
we need to set aside time to meditate daily on what we read in God’s
Word. (Deut. 17:18-20) In particular, we do well to reflect on Jesus’
teachings and his wonderful example of humble service. (Matt. 20:
28) Jesus even washed the feet of
his apostles. (John 13:12-17) We also
need to pray frequently for God’s
spirit to help us fight any tendency
of feeling superior to others.—Gal.
6:3, 4. w17.08 25 ˚11-12
