For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 1 John 4:20.
"It is a solemn thought that our love for God is measured by our everyday relationships with others. Except as its validity is proven in standing the test of daily life with our fellowmen, our love for God may be found to be a delusion. It is easy to think that we humble ourselves before God, but our humility toward others is the only sufficient proof that our humility before God is real. To be genuine, humility must abide in us and become our very nature.
True humility is to be made of no reputation - as did Christ. In God's presence, humility is not a posture we assume for a time - when we think of Him or pray to Him -but the very spirit of our life.
It will manifest itself in all our bearing toward others. A lesson of deepest importance is that the only humility that is really ours is not the kind we carry with us, and carry out, in our ordinary conduct. The seemingly insignificant acts of daily life are the tests of eternity, because they prove what spirit possesses us.
It is in our most unguarded moments that we truly show who we are and what we are made of.
To know a truly humble person, you must follow that one in the common course of daily life."
Taken from Humility by Andrew Murray.
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