HUMILITY
That attitude that recognizes one’s place as a creature of God, opposed to presumption, affectation or pride.
The humble person recognizes his dependence on God, he does not seek dominion over his fellow men, but rather he learns to value them above himself (Jb. 22:29; Ps. 10:17; Pr. 3:34; 29:23 ; Isa. 57:15; Rom. 12:16).
God himself cares for the humble (2 Cor. 7:6), and gives them grace (1 Pet. 5:5).
In his time, God will exalt the humble above the proud who oppress them (Ps. 147:6; Luke 1:52).
The Lord Jesus is the paradigm of humility, because being God of glory, he humbled himself by assuming human nature, and in all his steps he gave the true example of humility in all his dealings with those around him (Mt. 11:29; cf. Jn. 13:2-14; Mt. 23:8-12; Mr. 10:42-45).
True humility is distinguished from the false form of humility that leads to hypocrisy.
It is, more than a voluntary contempt for oneself, an honest assessment of oneself as a creature and the acquisition of the awareness that we are and have nothing that has not been given to us by God, and that all of this is at the mercy of God. so that we can serve with the attitude of heart governed by the Holy Spirit, and described, under the name of “fruit of the Spirit”, in its multiformity in Gal. 5:22, 23.