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medical bills, and He provided it.

It has not been an easy lesson, but indeed a lesson I very much needed. Only with a helpless state of mind did I truly come to humility and relied solely upon the providence of God. I have read stories of many Godly people who did not come to true humility until they got to the end of themselves.

Joni Erikson Tada, the founder of Joni and Friends ministry who have helped countless families with special need children, came to the end of herself when she became paralyzed from a diving accident. But because of the accident, she seek out for God, and God has been using her disability to reveal His power, mercy and grace to millions others through her ministry. In her memoir, she wrote "I know I wouldn't know You I wouldn't love and trust You.. were it not for this wheelchair." She was THANKING God for her disability. Imagine that.

Another great Christian of our time, Chuck Colson, a key figure from the scandal of Watergate during the Nixon's era, remarked that one of the "paradoxes" in life is "out of defeat and suffering in life comes victory." A brilliant yet self-righteous man, Colson was sent to jail for his involvement in the scandal. Admitting to his own fallible nature, he surrendered wholeheartedly to God during his imprisonment. Thus, out of his true humility came a ministry that has brought hope to millions of the forgotten and untouchable prisoners around the globe. Like Joni, Chuck Colson was also grateful for his misfortune-his incarceration.

The prime example of true humility, however, was never helpless or in need. His true humility was part of His divine nature. As the Son of God, Jesus condescended himself and became poor, all for our sake, so that we can become rich through his poverty (2 Corinthians 8:9). His utmost humility was brutally displayed through his excruciating death on the cross, but His victory was also shown through his resurrection three days later.

True humility brings out victory, as illustrated by Joni Erikson Tada, Chuck Colson, and preeminently through Jesus Christ. I do not know where God is leading me to through this humbling experience at the Medicaid office, but I am assured that victory will come out of it, though it may not be the victory as defined by the world.

I pray that you do not have to come to the end of yourself to obtain true humility. Come to Jesus today and receive true victory in life through His resurrection!

James 4:10
"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up."

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