Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?" declares the LORD. "This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word. Isaiah 66:2 (NIV)

Our Sovereign Lord, the Creator of all things, tells His people through the prophet Isaiah what He wants from His people. He is looking for one is humble and penitent and who obeys His word. As I was reading this passage, God laid on my heart how these concepts all work together. If I am humble and contrite, I will respect God’s word and live by it. In humility, I admit that God’s word is correct and my ways are not. I must truly humble myself before the Lord to give Him the obedience that He requires of me. Also, by reading and meditating on God’s word, I will come to appreciate the importance of humility in righteous living. If I heed His word and seek to become as He wants me to become, I must become a humble and repentant woman in all of my interactions.