TRYING

One of the expressions I hear people say is, "If at first you do not succeed, try again!" In the world people climb up the ladder of success and often step on others to make their goal to reach the top. However, in My kingdom the way up is the way down. You reach the goal of becoming more like Me by humbling yourself before Me.

You humble yourself before Me when you see yourself as I see you. If you consider that you are above others, you are in pride. If you consider yourself below others, you are still in pride. I give grace to the humble, but I resist the proud.

When you humble yourself before Me by casting all of your cares upon Me and by seeing yourself as righteous in My eyes, you will be on the way up in My Kingdom. The way to succeed in My Kingdom is to surrender all to Me - yourself and all your cares. You will never get ahead in My Kingdom if you just try to do My will. I will empower you with My grace to do My will when you humble yourself before Me.

1 PETER 5:5-7