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Oct 17, 2026 15:00pm

Humility’s Reward

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“The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honor, and life.” Proverbs 22:4

There are some who only know true Christianity from a distance and have embraced a pack of lies about walking with God. They assume the worst simply because they have never bent the knee before Him. They know Him and His ways only from a distance, their understanding clouded by God’s great Enemy and his incessant lies.

But for those who have been graciously called to His feet and have come, there is an open door to “every good and perfect gift” (James 1:17). They are the happy recipients of the riches of God in this life and heirs and joint heirs with Christ to all that is above for all eternity!

REWARDED

Look at this one verse above from the wise Solomon. There is a reward, he says, for all those who will walk in humility and the fear of the Lord.

Humility is seeing God and yourself properly and knowing the difference. It is bending the knee and realizing you are a creature, fearfully and wonderfully made, but a creature nonetheless. That means there is a Creator at the beginning of your existence, and if so, we must recognize His Lordship and reverence Him as such.

For the man or woman who yields in humility and reverent fear, the reward is vast: **“Riches, honor, and life.”**

Meditate for a moment on those three promised gifts.

RICHES

The humble believer can trust God to provide all they truly need in life. This is not limited to mere material provisions but extends to something vastly greater.

For those who walk with God, we have the wealth of understanding and wisdom that comes from knowing Him. We have emotional joy that is full, for “in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11).

And we have the unwavering promise of God’s faithful care and provision for our daily bread.

What riches!

HONOR

Though we do not deserve it, the Lord Jesus welcomes us into the throne room of heaven.

We now have peace with God because of the work of Christ and our relationship with Him. By faith, we enter into this grace in which we now stand, and we rejoice in our confident hope of experiencing the glory of God! (Romans 5:1–2).

We are made kings and priests, with all the privileges that provides. Simply because of Christ’s gracious salvation and His acceptance of us as His beloved children.

What honor!

LIFE!

We were dead in our trespasses and sins.

A dead man can think nothing, do nothing, enjoy nothing, experience nothing, contribute nothing.

Dead.

But we are humbled by the truth that the Lord Jesus has made us alive!

We know His life within us now and will never die spiritually, for we have been given eternal life! We do not face the demands of the Christian life in our own strength, but through the life of Christ within us.

What a reward!

Rewards for humility and the fear of God! Rewards given from the God of heaven simply because, as His creatures, we have taken the posture we should have had from the beginning!

Rewards in spite of our weakness, our sin, and our need!

Scoff at Christianity all you will, but you have no idea what you are missing.

But if this calls to you, perhaps it’s time for you to humbly, reverently bow the knee to our gracious King.