In trial and weakness and trouble, He seeks to bring us low, until we learn that His grace is all, and to take pleasure in the very thing that brings us and keeps us low. His strength is made perfect in our weakness. His presence filling and satisfying our emptiness, becomes the secret of humility that need never fail. The humble man has learned the secret of abiding gladness. The weaker he feels, the lower he sinks, and the greater his humiliations appear, the more power and the presence of Christ are his portion.
— Andrew Murray (1828–1917), Pastor
Related Bible passage: 2CO.12.9
Topics: Humility & Pride, Illness & Weakness, Grace & Redemption
Occasions: Comfort, For Reflection
Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray (1828–1917) war ein südafrikanischer reformierter Pastor, Erweckungsprediger und Autor, der das kirchliche Leben seines Landes und die weltweite Erweckungsbewegung prägte. Er stand für eine von der Heiligungsbewegung beeinflusste Theologie der völligen Hingabe und des Gebets, stieß jedoch mit seinen Ansichten zur Glaubensheilung und Stufenheiligung auf Kritik traditioneller reformierter Theologen. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch seine zahlreichen Andachtsbücher als Impulsgeber für ein praktisches Glaubens- und Gebetsleben.
All quotes by Andrew Murray (51)
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
C.S. Lewis
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
It is better to be a patient of Christ than a doctor of theology.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
Tim Keller
God loves to use people whom others believe are unqualified.
Craig Groeschel
I am just a small cable - God is the current.
Mother Teresa
Humility is the ability to look up even to the smallest things in life.
Albert Schweitzer