Jehovah Is With The Lowly Ones

On the other hand, Jehovah blesses those who are lowly in mind. In song to Jehovah, King David said: "The humble people you will save; but your eyes are against the haughty ones, that you may bring them low." (2Samuel 22:1, 28) Hence, God's Word counsels: "Seek Jehovah, all you meek ones of the earth. . . Seek righteousness, seek meekness. Probably you may be concealed in the day of Jehovah's anger." (Zephaniah 2:3) Those who humbly seek Jehovah are taught by him to cultivate a totally different spirit from that of this world. "He will teach t the meek ones his way." (Psalm 25:9; Isaiah 54:13) That way is the way of love, IT is based on doing what is right according to God's standards. According to the Bible, this principled love "does not look for its own interests." (1Corinthians 13:1-8) It also manifests itself in lowliness of mind.

Paul and other first-century Christians learned this kind of love from the teachings of Jesus. And Jesus learned it from his Father,Jehovah of whom the Bible says: "God is love." (1John 4:8) Jesus knew that it was God's will for him to live by the law of love, and he did. (John 6:38) that is why he had compassion for the downtrodden, the poor, the sinners. (Matthew 9:36) He told them: "Come to me, all you who are toiling and loaded down, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am mild-tempered and lowly in heart." - Matthew 11:28, 29.

Jesus showed his disciples that importance of imitating his love and humility when he told them: " By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves." (John 13:35) They would stand out as separate from this self-centered world. That is why Jesus could say of his followers: " They are not part of the world." (John 17:14) No, they do not imitate the proud, selfish spirit of Satan's world. Instead, they imitate the spirit of love and humility that Jesus showed.

God's Word foretold that in these last days, humble ones would be gathered together in a global society based on love and humility. Thus, in the midst of a world that is becoming more and more prideful, Jehovah's people display the opposite attitude-lowliness of mind. Such ones say: "Let us go up to the mountains of Jehovah [his elevated true worship], . . . and he will instruct us about his ways, and we will walk in his paths." (Isaiah 2:2,3) Jehovah's Witnesses make up this global society walking in God's paths. They include a growing "great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues." (Revelation 7:9) This great crowd is now made up of millions of people. how is Jehovah training them to be humble?

Next time: Learning To Be Lowly In Mind