Cultivate the Spirit of a Lesser One -'O THE DEPTH OF GOD'S RICHES AND WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE!"

One way we can become more humble is to remember that Jehovah is much greater than we are.  The truth is that no one can ever know everything that Jehovah knows.  (Isaiah 40:28) The  apostle Paul wrote about Jehovah's greatness: "O the depth  of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge!  How unsearchable his judgments are and past tracing out his ways are!" (Romans 11:33)  Humans have learned many things since Paul wrote those words almost 2,000 years ago.  But what he wrote is still true.  No matter how much we know, we will never stop learning about Jehovah, his works, and his thinking.


For example. what helped Leo to become more humble was realizing that he could never  learn everything about God's creation.   As a young man, Leo loved science. He wanted to understand the universe as much as possible, so he decided to study it in school.  But he realized that science alone cannot help humans to understand everything about the universe.  So he started studying law instead.  In time, Leo became a lawyer and then a judge.  Later, he and his wife studied the  Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses, accepted the truth, and got baptized.  Even though he was highly educated, what helped Leo to show humility?  He answers, "It is the realization that no matter how much we learn about Jehovah, there is still much more to discover."

Something else that helps us to be humble  is to remember that Jehovah himself shows humility.  And think about this:  "We are God's fellow workers." (1 Corinthians 3:9)  Imagine that God, the Most High, wants us to work with him.  He honors  us by giving us an opportunity to use his Word, the Bible, to preach the good news.  Although Jehovah is the one who makes the seeds grow, he allows us to have the work of planting  and watering them. (1 Corinthians 3:6, 7)  In this way, God sets an example should encourage each of us to behave as a lesser one!

Next time: Cultivate the Spirit of the Lesser One - HOW A  LESSER ONE BECOMES "GREAT"

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