Day 6 – Walking Humbly with Each Other

To respect others well, we must first put on an attitude of humility. The apostle Peter says that God is opposed to the proud but to the humble, He extends His grace. Peter says we are to clothe ourselves in humility and gives us some markers for this kind of humility. This kind of humility is willing to follow good and godly leadership, is eager to consider others’ needs first, will trust God’s plan, and will cast its cares on God because we really do believe that God cares about us.

Read Micah 6:8, 1 Peter 5:5-7 & Philippians 2:1-11
Q: What does it mean to walk humbly with God? Why is humility an important trait in order of showing respect to others?

Q: C.S. Lewis states in Mere Christianity: “If we were to meet a truly humble person, we would never come away from meeting them thinking they were humble. They would not be always telling us they were a nobody (because a person who keeps saying they are a nobody is actually a self-obsessed person). The thing we would remember from meeting a truly gospel-humble person is how much they seemed to be totally interested in us. Because the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less. Gospel-humility is not needing to think about myself. Not needing to connect things with myself.”

How have you seen this to be true in your own observation?

Q: Do you find yourself willing to follow and respect good and godly leadership? Why or why not?

Q: Are you eager to consider other’s needs first? How does this influence our ability to extend respect?