Humility needs to rise to the top

Saw this and had to try it (because that’s what I love to do!) Turn a golf ball “magically” into a ping-pong ball just by shaking the jar! 

It’s probably obvious that the heavier golf ball sinks to the bottom of the corn while the lighter ping-pong ball rises to the top.

As life shakes us around, one thing that needs to rise to the top is humility—a humble acknowledgment that God knows better than we do. 

Job 31 records the last of Job’s responses to his friends. He conclusively answers then but seems to have lost sight of humility before God. 

Job‬ ‭31‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭ says, “If I have walked with vanity, Or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity.”

Job was kinda bragging about his integrity but forgot about humility. God knew everything that was going on. When God soon gives Job a chance to talk to Him, Job can’t answer a word. 

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I love that Job’s integrity in so many ways does rise to the top. And I love that he’s wanting to go to God in the situation. But leaving humility out of the equation never works out well.

I often listen to Christian music after going through my Bible reading, and this morning I heard this lyric: “I will boast ever only in the Lord my God, for I know His glory is my good.”

We need to remember humility. 

It’s one thing to proclaim our innocence and integrity. 

It’s a whole different thing to question God’s innocence and integrity. 

Job toed up to that line, and we can all benefit from remembering humility. 

Today’s Bible reading is Job 31.