Monday, August 11, 2025

The Tabernacle: A Lesson On Humility

Bible Reading: Exodus 27:3; Job 2:1-10

Key Verse: Verse 8 - “And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.”

 Key Words: and he sat down among the ashes

 The ashes were symbolic of grief and mourning.  It was saying, “I am nothing.”

In football, they tell the offensive line, no matter how big you are, stay low.  So that you can have leverage, stay low.  No matter how big you get in life, stay low.  No matter what title you have in front of your name, how much money you have in the bank, or how many people know who you are, stay low.  The moment you use your knowledge, prestige, power, or resources to attempt to be like God, it will be made very clear, very soon, there is only one God.  Humble yourself beneath His mighty hand.

Think about this.

Man was made from the ground.  He's an earthling, and on his best day he's just dignified dirt.  In fact, every living person is only worth about $3.57.  When a person dies, all of their components return to dirt and the value is only about $3.57.

That’s why you can’t think too highly of yourself.  You are just not worth that much.  So when you get in your Benz, it’s only $3.57 driving a Benz.  It’s $3.57 living in the suburbs.  It’s $3.57 wearing designer clothes.  It’s $3.57 with more money in the bank than you’re actually worth.

                                                                                    Dr. Mike Rouse

What to do: 

      Our value only comes when we are “In Christ” … are you in?

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