Back in July, I wrote a post on growing in humility. In it, I looked at two general principles for growing in humility: renewing our minds with Biblical truth and training ourselves for godliness. My plan was to then begin a weekly look at some specific applications of those two principles. Needless to say, between a busy July and my blogging break in August, I never got back to it. So now finally, here we go:

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
– Psalm 8:1, 3-4 (ESV)

To grow in humility, we need to consider our smallness before God. He is big, majestic, full of glory. We are small even in comparison to the heavens, let alone God. He is the Creator; we are the creatures. There are billions of people scattered around the world – and God made every one. He is big. We are small. This is a truth that humbles us.

So let’s train ourselves in this truth by going outside. Look at the stars. Watch a sunset. Sit on the beach and watch the crashing waves. Observe creation and wonder at our Creator. Many of us spend so much time indoors where everything is made by people, and arranged around us. No wonder we struggle with pride. But go outside where everything is made and arranged by God for his glory, and we’ll see how small we really are. This is a practice that can humble us.

Go outside and consider our smallness before God – and so grow in humility.