Subtitle - The Path To Divine Growth And True Nobility
"My one need is humility." - Andrew Murray
In his book "Humility" (written in 1895), Christian author and pastor Andrew Murray dwells heavily on the subject of humility, and comes up with what is considered to be the best treatment of the subject in church history. Although the book is short (my copy is a mere 102 pages) I must agree that Murray succinctly but conclusively brings humility to the forefront of what it means to be a sinner saved by grace, and one who follows after a Savior who was the very embodiment of humility. Concerning the importance of displaying genuine humility in order to display a genuine walk with God, Murray wrote, "We can never have more of true faith than we have of true humility." Regarding the Christian's duty to emulate Jesus in humility before others, Murray stated, "Our humility before God has no value, except that it prepares us to reveal the humility of Jesus to our fellowmen."
After reading through Murray's "Humility" I have learned more about the virtue of humility and of its dominant importance in the reflection of Jesus in the redeemed human soul, than I have in all my years as a Christian before now. For those who also wish to learn of the lowly state in which we as sinners are to daily dwell while in the presence of an elevated and praise-worthy Master, Andrew Murray's "Humility" would undoubtedly be a useful catalyst in which to insure such a humbling walk with God.
"We must seek humility which will rest in nothing less than the end and death of self; which gives up all the honor of men as Jesus did, to seek the honor that comes from God alone; which absolutely makes and counts itself nothing so that God may be all, that the Lord alone may be exalted."
- Andrew Murray, Humility, Chapter 2, pg 20-21
