“Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’” – 1 Peter 5:5
By Peter Kennedy
Actor Gregory Peck was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor five times, four of which came in his first five years of film acting. He won the coveted award on his fifth nomination, playing Atticus Finch, a Depression-era lawyer and widowed father, in a film adaptation of the Harper Lee novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”.
One day Peck was standing in line with a friend, waiting for a table in a crowded Los Angeles restaurant. They had been waiting for some time; the diners seemed to be taking their time eating, and new tables weren’t opening up very fast. They weren’t even that close to the front of the line. Peck’s friend became impatient, and he said to Gregory, “Why don’t you tell the maitre d’ who you are?”
Gregory responded with great wisdom and humility. “If you have to tell them who you are, then you aren’t anybody.”
The Lord loves a humble person. Today in prayer, ask Jesus to give you a spirit of humility.
“The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.” – Philipp Brooks
God’s Word: “He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.” – Proverbs 3:34
