Our wills must be broken to His will. To be broken is the beginning of revival. It is painful, it is humiliating, it is the only way. It is being ‘Not I, but Christ,’ and a ‘C’ is a bent ‘I.’ The Lord Jesus cannot live in us fully and reveal Himself through us until the proud self within us is broken. This simply means that the hard unyielding self, which justifies itself, wants its own way, stands up for its rights, and seeks its own glory, at last bows its head to God’s will, admits it’s wrong, gives up its own way to Jesus, surrenders its rights and discards its own glory – that the Lord Jesus might have all and be all. In other words, it is dying to self and self-attitudes.
— Roy Hession (1908–1992), Autor
Topics: Humility & Pride, Discipleship, Growth & Character
Occasions: For Reflection
Roy Hession
Roy Hession (1908–1992) war ein britischer evangelikaler Evangelist und Buchautor, der international auf Konferenzen und Missionsreisen wirkte. Stark geprägt von Impulsen der ostafrikanischen Erweckungsbewegung, wurde er vor allem durch sein Buch „Der Weg von Golgatha“ bekannt und betonte persönliche Buße, Demut sowie Erneuerung durch das Kreuz Christi. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Schriften bis heute Anstöße zur geistlichen Selbstprüfung und zum Leben aus der Gnade, auch wenn Zeitgenossen an seinem Ansatz mitunter eine zu starke Introspektion bemängelten.
All quotes by Roy Hession (13)
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