The Root of Christlike Living
Is it any wonder that the Christian life is so often feeble and fruitless, when the very root of the Christ life is neglected, is unknown? Is it any wonder that the joy of salvation is so little felt, when that in which Christ found it and brings it, is so little sought? Until a humility which will rest in nothing less than the end and death of self; which gives up all the honor of men as Jesus did, to seek the honor that comes from God alone; which absolutely makes and counts itself nothing, that God may be all, that the Lord alone may be exalted—until such a humility be what we seek in Christ above our chief joy, and welcome at any price, there is very little hope of a religion that will conquer the world.
—Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray warns that the Christian life becomes weak and fruitless when we neglect its very root—humility. Jesus found His joy in seeking the honor that comes from God alone, not from people, and He calls us to the same path. This humility is not partial; it is a death to self, a willingness to be nothing so that God may be all.
Until we desire that kind of humility more than any other joy, and welcome it at any cost, our faith will lack the power to truly change the world. The life that exalts God above self is the life that reflects Christ—and the life through which His Kingdom comes. —DH
—David Hoskins, Founder & Care Guide, Sanctuary Clinics