“.... if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” [2 Chronicles 7:14]
We always hear “uphill climb” being used as something that requires additional effort; going uphill is never easy. Do you know that going downhill is also not easy, and in fact more dangerous? Going downhill is a much bigger challenge than going up – it is not just the effort but also the trial of not going down too quickly, deflating air pressure, slipping and falling, and sometimes not being able to control our pace of descent. Socially, it takes a lot more from us to come down too, especially when we’ve just been praised or placed upon a pedestal.
That a requirement of discipleship. We spend much of our time trying to teach others to climb up, but the more important, and more difficult, thing to learn is how to “go down.” Throughout Scripture we read that God desires humility of us. Because the people of Judah humbled themselves, the Lord said, “Therefore I will not destroy them” (2 Chronicles 12:7). On numerous occasions, God demonstrated humility by coming down (Exodus 3:7-8; 19:10-12; Micah 1:3). Then God sent Jesus, who spent His life teaching the technique we are to follow (Philippians 2:5-11). -Mellissa Seow
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