The great thing about weakness, failure, and hardship is that it allows us to witness one of God’s greatest gifts, GRACE. But what does humility mean in the wake of failure? We like to think about the prideful side of humility often but humility also comes into play when we are struggling. This is normally how we might think of humility, from the side of success. However, you must know that your success wasn’t all YOU. Of course you can feel good after a home run and have fun with your teammates. Now, that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy success and be joyful about it. You might feel pretty good about yourself after a good day but in reality it’s not your success to boast in. God knows EVERYTHING about you and has a hand in EVERY success in your life. Don’t be afraid you are worth more than many sparrows.” -Luke 12:7 “Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Apart from all those other people in your life looking out for those little details that led to your success, we have this amazing Creator who also looks out for EVERY DETAIL in our lives. In the field, somebody gave you the sign that allowed you to shade one step to the right in order to be close enough to get to that ball. There was somebody in the dugout that helped you figure out the pitcher’s tendencies allowing you to smash that inside pitch. Somebody in your life has thrown you literally hundreds of thousands of balls in front toss and hit you countless ground balls. When you hit a home run or make a diving catch, it is not only you who did it.

It’s important to understand WHO is responsible for those things happening not just ignoring that they happened. But truly, this is NOT all that it means to be humble. What does it mean to be humble? To many, it means that we shy away from the compliment, that we don’t talk about our accomplishments.