Latest / Prayer Before Work / S01E15-Secure Enough to Not Need the Credit
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- Sean Graver: Well, good morning. I am so glad you carved out a few minutes before the day takes over. So let's slow down for just a couple of minutes and bring this day to God together. Okay. So, all right, so here we go. We're going to start in Micah 6, 8. He has shown you, more, O mortal, what is good and what does the Lord require of you to act justly and to love mercy and walk humbly with your God. So three things, act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly. Now that last one, walk humbly, I think that's the one that tends to get the least attention because it's really though the one that holds the other two together. mean justice without humility, that can just become arrogance. And mercy without humility, that can end up just being performance. But something I've noticed about truly humble people at work is that they're not insecure. And I think that's the misconception. Humility isn't thinking less of yourself. It's just thinking of yourself less often. And that's a big difference. The humble person in the room doesn't need to win the argument to feel okay about themselves. I mean, they can let somebody else's idea be the best idea, and they can take the blame when it belongs to them and give away credit. when it doesn't. They're usually pretty good at being corrected without being crushed or having their feelings hurt. But that kind of security doesn't come from a strong sense of self. I think it really comes from a healthy sense of who you belong to. When you know you're seen and valued by God, you stop needing everyone else to confirm it. And that frees you up in ways that nothing else can. So let's pray. God, I want to be genuinely humble, not like a strategy, not as a way to look good, but because I actually know who I am in relation to you. Today, help me be secure enough to not need the credit, maybe to let someone else's win feel like a win for me too, or to be corrected without getting defensive. Help me listen more than I speak and where my pride shows up today, which it very well might Catch me remind me that walking humbly with you is not weakness It's the strongest thing I can do I want to walk that way today and I pray this and every prayer in the name of Jesus Amen now Go make today count