Cultivate the Spirit of a Lesser One - HOW A LESSER ONE BECOMES "GREAT"

Those who are humble are happy in God's organization and support the way things are done in the congregation.  For example, Petra is a young woman who was raised in a family of Witnesses.  But she wanted to do things her own way and left  the congregation.  Some  years later, she started to associate with the congregation again.  She is now happy to be in Jehovah's organization and to support the way things are done in the congregation.  How did her attitude change?  She says,  "The two most important qualities I needed to understand and to cultivate were humility and modesty." 

A humble person is truly grateful for all the good things Jehovah gives his people, including the help he gives them to learn about him.  That is why a humble person regularly and carefully studies the Bible and reads the Watchtower and Awake!  Many servants of Jehovah read each new publication before putting it  away in their library.  If we show that we are humble and grateful by reading and studying our publications, we will have a stronger friendship with God, and he will able to use us to do more in his service. - HEBREWS 5:13, 14. 

There is another way a humble person can become "great," or valuable to God. Jehovah uses his holy spirit to anoint men as elders in the congregation.  These men organize meetings and field service and shepherd the congregation.  We we show humility by willingly cooperating with the elders, we help the whole congregation to have joy, peace, and unity.  (Read Hebrews 13:7, 17)  And if you are serving as a elder or a ministerial servant, do you show humility by being grateful for the responsibility Jehovah has given you?

A humble person becomes more valuable to Jehovah's organization because his attitude makes him a good and useful servant of God.  Jesus had to remind his disciples  to behave as lesser ones because some of them were thinking like the proud people of that time.  Luke 9:46  says:  "A reasoning entered among them as to who would be the greatest of them."  Could we also begin to think that we are better than our brothers and sisters or than other people?  We should be different from most people in the world around us, who are proud and selfish.  If we are humble and put Jehovah's will first,  our brothers and sisters will feel encouraged when are around us.

When we are understand Jesus' counsel to behave as a lesser one, we are motivated to show humility in all situations in life.  Let us talk about three situations.

Next time: Cultivate the Spirit of a Lesser One - DO YOU BEST TO BEHAVE AS A LESSER ONE

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