This week, there was shocking news out of Washington, DC, as Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene turned on Pres. Trump. Marjorie Taylor Greene disagreed with the president on more than one issue that has caused a surprising division within Republican leadership.
The conservative congresswoman from my home state had serious concerns about the state of the economy in the United States:
- High inflation
- Price of rent/mortgages
- Price of groceries
Marjorie Taylor Greene declared that she worships God, not Donald Trump. The president has proven time and again that he is interested in our Christian values, other than exploiting them for his personal gains, votes, and popularity.
During the president’s 2024 presidential campaign, he promised to fight for conservative values, and during his inauguration this year, he claimed he was saved by God to make America great.
However, the president, like many of God’s people, fails to understand that greatness in God’s kingdom isn’t the same thing as greatness in this fallen kingdom (Isaiah 55:8-9, John 18:36).
Apparently, Marjorie Taylor Greene has remembered her Christian roots and humbled herself by turning from the ways of the president and the world so that God can exalt her (2 Chronicles 7:14, James 4:6-10).
What is Humility
Humility is a fascinating concept that most of us admire, but at the same time, we all fail to practice it consistently because it is viewed as a weakness. Humility is defined as “Freedom from pride or arrogance; the state of being humble.”
The problem is pride blinds us to our actions, and we deceive ourselves through rationalization. We understand the battle between humility and pride is as old as the battle between good and evil because it was Satan’s pride that divided heaven and got him expelled from it with a third of the angels.
Humility helps us keep God and others in the right perspective. Satan and his angels failed to humble themselves and instead let pride rule their hearts. It is possible for us to think we are being humble when we are actually being prideful.
That is why the Bible warns us about how pride blinds us (Psalm 14:1-3, Proverbs 26:12, Romans 12:3, 1 Corinthians 10:12).
It’s why the Bible has a lot to say about humility and its importance to God’s people (Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 1:28-29, James 3:13).
The early church leaders emphasized humility over earthly greatness because they knew success could lead to pride (Philippians 2:5-8, Galatians 6:3, Ephesians 3:20-21, 1 Peter 3:8; 5:5, James 3:13).
The apostles remembered their Jewish education about the importance of humility amongst God’s people to set them apart from the world.
‘Ãʿnāvâ
The Torah tells us God created everything, and it was good. The man and the woman submitted to God entirely and followed His ways (Genesis 1:1-28). At least until the devil deceived them and promised them more so they could be more like God (Genesis 3:4-7).
Satan’s prideful ways lead him, the angels, and the first Adam astray. God humbled Satan by casting him and his angels down to earth, and then God humbled Adam and the creation by cursing them (Isaiah 14:12, Ezekiel 28:16, Revelation 12:7-9).
The Hebrew word in the Old Testament for humility is ănāvâ, and it can also mean “Gentleness or meekness,” depending on the context it is used in.
God set His people apart from this prideful world so they could humbly follow His ways (Leviticus 20:26, Exodus 13:2, Deuteronomy 7:6). That is why Judaism considers humility an important value and character trait:
- Justice
- Peace
- Truth
- Compassion
- Humility
- Honesty
By the time the long-awaited Jewish Messiah arrived, God’s people had become proud and focused on an earthly kingdom so much that they missed their humble King (Zachariah 9:9, Matthew 2:2; 21:5).
God humbled his people through the exiles and the Roman occupation, yet they still wanted to be like the power-hungry fallen world by serving a military/political king (1 Samuel 8:5, 20). Once again, God’s people have been led astray by their prideful hearts and the ways of this world.
Jesus came as a humble King so that God could exalt Him at the right time (Romans 5:6-8, Galatians 4:4-5). Our Lord emphasized humility over earthly power and greatness (Matthew 20:25-28, Mark 10:43-45).
Our Rabbi rebuked the Pharisees and His Disciples for pursuing earthly greatness and power (Matthew 23:1-8, Luke 22:25). He knew pride comes before the fall (Proverbs 16:18; 29:23).
Epstein Files
In other big news this week, President Trump was forced to fulfill his campaign promise of releasing the Epstein files after stalling their release and calling them a hoax for months. The president thought that he could exert his earthly power to accomplish his will, but God humbled him by having his own party turn against him.
After he realized the majority of the Republican-controlled House was joining with Democrats to expose the Epstein files, the president first tried to distance himself from Epstein, before finally encouraging Congress to release the files.
Epstein was a rumored billionaire who abused his wealth and power to do evil. God humbled him also, before he cowardly took his own life in prison. True to God’s nature, He exposes evil and humbles the proud (Ecclesiastes 12:14, Hebrews 4:12, James 4:6).
The Epstein conspiracy theories are a spiritual playbook of Satan about how wealthy and powerful men associated with Epstein or visited his private island of evil pleasure:
- Deception
- Greed
- Lust
- Abuse of power
The president boasted he would do the right thing and release the files, although it took an act of Congress to force his hand. Unfortunately, the president doesn’t know that all boasting is evil except for boasting in God’s power, not man’s (Jeremiah 9:23-24, Philippians 2:3, James 4:16). Many believers have forgotten this Christian basic teaching that God humbles the proud, but gives grace to those who practice ănāvâ!
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