Isa 57:15 “For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly (humble) spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly (humble), and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
If we want God to dwell with us (make his home in our heart), according to this verse, we need to have a contrite and a lowly spirit.
What do you think it means to have a “contrite and lowly spirit”?
The answer I gave, to this question, was: a right view of God and ourselves. But I wasn’t satisfied with it so I looked it up and was blessed. Hope you are too!
CONTRITE : Literally, worn or bruised. Hence, broken-hearted for sin; deeply affected with grief and sorrow for having offended God.
Are we broken-hearted for sin or deeply affected for offending God?
LOWLY : Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
HUMILITY : Freedom from pride and arrogance; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a deep sense of one's own unworthiness in the sight of God. Biblical humility is not a belittling of oneself, but an exalting or praising of others, especially Christ and God.
Am I free from pride?
Psa 51:17 “… a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”
Ps 34:18 “The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.”
Let us have our hearts changed so that the Lord can draw nigh to us!
The pride and self-righteousness of the Jews were the stumbling block in the way of their acknowledging Christ. (JFB Commentary)
Our supreme example:
Php 2:7-8 “But made himself (Jesus) of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men… he humbled himself…”
Joh 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.”
Kathy Thiessen
Dec. 8, 2008
If we want God to dwell with us (make his home in our heart), according to this verse, we need to have a contrite and a lowly spirit.
What do you think it means to have a “contrite and lowly spirit”?
The answer I gave, to this question, was: a right view of God and ourselves. But I wasn’t satisfied with it so I looked it up and was blessed. Hope you are too!
CONTRITE : Literally, worn or bruised. Hence, broken-hearted for sin; deeply affected with grief and sorrow for having offended God.
Are we broken-hearted for sin or deeply affected for offending God?
LOWLY : Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
HUMILITY : Freedom from pride and arrogance; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a deep sense of one's own unworthiness in the sight of God. Biblical humility is not a belittling of oneself, but an exalting or praising of others, especially Christ and God.
Am I free from pride?
Psa 51:17 “… a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”
Ps 34:18 “The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.”
Let us have our hearts changed so that the Lord can draw nigh to us!
The pride and self-righteousness of the Jews were the stumbling block in the way of their acknowledging Christ. (JFB Commentary)
Our supreme example:
Php 2:7-8 “But made himself (Jesus) of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men… he humbled himself…”
Joh 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.”
Kathy Thiessen
Dec. 8, 2008
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