Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.

As truly as God by His power once
created, so truly by that same power must God every moment maintain.

Our humility before God has no value, except that it prepares us to reveal the humility of Jesus to our fellow men.

The highest glory of the creature is in being only a vessel, to receive and enjoy and show forth the glory of God. It can do this only as it is willing to be nothing in itself, that God may be all. Water always fills first the lowest places. The lower, the emptier a man lies before God, the speedier and the fuller will be the inflow of the diving glory.

Here is the path to the higher life: down, lower down! Just as water always seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds men abased and empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and to bless.

Use every opportunity of humbling yourself before your fellow-men as a help to abide humble before God.