Evening: Psalm 46, 87; I Kings 8:22-30; Ephesians 2:11-22
Paul invites us to imitate the humble mind and ways of Jesus. I
heard author John LeCarré yesterday saying he hates institutional
religion because they treated him harshly in an authoritarian church-run
school. Religion can easily forget its founding ethos. It’s hard to
imagine how Paul’s teaching could give rise to abuse: “Do
nothing from selfish ambition or conceit … in humility regard others as
better than yourselves … look not to your own interests, but to the
interests of others.” But when institutional values take over, so does
ambition, and then, ‘O Lord, it’s hard to be humble’!
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