1Peter 5:5b “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
1Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
God is who He is, and can do what He does, and does do what He wants to do. He is holy, loving, gracious, just, right in all His ways, full of mercy, and His compassions do not fail.
God also resists the proud...But as we see above, He gives grace to the humble. So, He does the one and the other also.
In light of the resistance and giving of God, Peter calls us to "humble ourselves under His mighty hand, that He may exalt us in due time"
Our call and blessing is to humble ourselves under His mighty hand. His promise is also connected with His timing. He will exalt you, and He will do it in His own timing, or in due time. ( If not in this life, certainly in the hereafter )
Jesus said the same things.......
Mt 23:12* “And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
Humble, or humility, means to abase, bring low. to level, reduce to a plain, to assign to a lower rank or place. To be ranked below others who are honoured or rewarded. And, of course our call to humble ourselves, is to humble ourselves under His "mighty" hand. Or His strong and powerful hand. ( by the way, it's the same hand that hold us. We are in His hands,
Due time, means, always,, a fixed or definite period of time. The time when things are brought to crisis, and the right time. So, if you are humbling yourself under His mighty hand, rest your hope fully on His promise to you. He will exalt you, in the right time. Exalt by the way, means, to lift up on high, to raise to the very summit of something. To raise to dignity, honor and happiness. That's what the Lord will do for the humble person.
Thank You Father. In Jesus name, amen....
