Jane Fryer is a favorite author of mine. Over the years I have found her notes in the "Today's Light Bible" from Concordia Publishing House to be invaluable. I found this Fryer quote in my journal yesterday and wanted to share it with you.
True, godly humility comes to us as God's gift of grace. When His Word leads us to see our helplessness, our sinfulness, our need for Jesus, we're on the road toward humility. When we - by grace - focus on Christ, when we cling to Him as our only hope, we are exactly where God wants us to be. When we trust in Christ's pardon alone as the remedy for our sin, then God can lift us up. He gives us - us! - the very righteousness of God.
Two things strike me as I read this. First, humility is not something that we work up in ourselves but it is happens as we are changed by the forgiveness and grace of Christ. Second, isn't the Gospel of Christ such sweet news? Nothing compares!
