All of you, clothes yourselves with humility towards one another.
1 Peter 5.5
I've never really known what 'clothing yourself' with humility actually means so I was grateful for this explanation (E. Clowney, BST commentary):
The verb [to clothe] suggests the tying on of a servant's apron. Peter remembered the towel that Jesus tied around his waist when he filled a basin and began to wash the feet of his disciples:
so [Jesus] got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and begn to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
John 13.4-5
The humility of those who serve Christ is not merely the absence of pride or the awareness of limitations. Christian humility is realism that recognises grace. Paul declares: 'For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?' (1 Cor 4.7)
The Christian knows that he did not make himself or save himself. His humility springs from his total dependence on the grace of God. Added to that is the calling and example of his Saviour, who had everything to boast of, but 'humbled himself and became obedient to death- even death on a cross.' (Phil 2.8)
so [Jesus] got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and begn to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
John 13.4-5
The humility of those who serve Christ is not merely the absence of pride or the awareness of limitations. Christian humility is realism that recognises grace. Paul declares: 'For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?' (1 Cor 4.7)
The Christian knows that he did not make himself or save himself. His humility springs from his total dependence on the grace of God. Added to that is the calling and example of his Saviour, who had everything to boast of, but 'humbled himself and became obedient to death- even death on a cross.' (Phil 2.8)
Cast all you anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5.7
The very act of casting our cares upon the Lord often changes them....When we cast our cares on him, we often find that they were the concerns of our pride, not the cares of his kingdom.
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