Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, Sunday, October 18, 2020

Humility is a path to honor.

In today’s message, Michael is talking about humility.  Using King Ahaziah as an example, our lesson is about pride, which is unteachable and humility which grows and learns.  King Ahaziah put his faith in Baal-zebub on his deathbed and refuses to listen to Elijah, who had a message from the Lord that he would die.  Ahaziah died as a result of his misplaced faith and rejected the goodness of God.  

The most interesting figure in this story was the third captain that showed humility and was thus spared.  The two captains sent to retrieve Elijah from the mountain were killed along with their men, due to their pride and lack of humility.  

What is humility?  There are many definitions but Michael really pegged it with the following definition: “Humility is seeing ourselves as God sees us”.

Michael is in 2 Kings, Chapter 1, Verses 1 through 18, 1 Peter 5: 6 and 2 Chronicles 7: 14.