When Christians display a humble heart, they are honouring God. Charismatic Christian author and speaker Joyce Meyer says humility is a "major fruit" people need to develop within themselves in order to represent God well.
"A humble person has the freedom to be wholly and completely who they are. They don't have to impress anybody. They don't feel pressured to be perfect or see themselves in competition with other people. They simply want to be the best version of them that they can be," Meyer says in an article written for The Christian Post.
Humility is important among Christians because God created everyone equally. He does not see one person as more important than another. Those who are highly gifted, smart, or beautiful are no more valuable to God than someone with less talents and capabilities, says Meyer.
"It's so important for us to understand that our true worth and value is not found in what we do, but in doing what God asks us to do. God is looking on our hearts, our motives and attitudes, and if our motives are not right, then whatever we're doing, it is not acceptable to Him," she says.
Meyer says Christians can look up to Jesus Christ as the best example of what it means to have a humble heart. Philippians 2:6-7 says that Jesus, "being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to His own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness."
Because of what Jesus did, God exalted Him to the highest place of honour in heaven. Meyer says when Christians do the same thing, God will lift them up, too.
Meyer knows it can get difficult at times to remain humble, but she says people won't learn the true value of humility if all they encounter are blessings and success.
"Out of all the Christian virtues, humility is probably the most difficult to develop. It's something that has to be worked into us, just like a seed needs to be watered and nurtured in order to grow," she says.
