To serve with a pure heart, like Jesus, you and I need to embrace humility. The best way I know to stay humble is to simply not dwell on yourself. Have you had a wonderful victory? Praise God for it and celebrate. Then allow it to fade away.

If you concentrate on the past, you tend to inflate your own role, and if you are not careful, you may begin to feel that you deserve some of the credit and glory. Don’t gloat. At best we are weak servants. Don’t spend too much time trying on the Master’s hat and looking in the mirror.

Doesn’t our humanity, including being honest about our shortcomings, reveal God’s power? This is what the apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:7. He writes, “We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”

So, today, will you humble yourself beneath the mighty hand responsible for all your victories? Praise God for what He’s done in and through you. Then ask for His help to put others before yourself. Become like Jesus, the servant of all. May His all-surpassing power shine through you today to those in your world.

This is Luis Palau.