GET READY FOR PROMOTION
IT'S TIME FOR PROMOTION Promotion demands humility. Matthew 18:4 "Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven." MATTHEW 18:1-5; MARK 9:30-37; LUKE 9:46-48 Jesus used a little child to illustrate humility. Babies have a purity and humility that is many times missing in adults, they certainly are not selfless. A child comes into the world totally self-centered, wanting what he wants when he wants it. Parents are to train children out of this selfishness . One of humility's dominant characteristics is a God-dependency and not a self-sufficiency. The truth of humility being the key to greatness or success was not new Jesus gave it a new meaning through His selfless disposition . This path of self-denial to greatness is exactly opposite to the world's path of exalting self at everyone else's expense. The path of humility could not possibly work if there was no God. We would simply be trample...