Jam 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

Being humble is the opposite of pride.  Pride is so stinking hard to get rid of!  It is something we must continually subdue. We can even become proud of our humbleness.   So how do we know if we are truly humble?  How can we get more humble?

Well first I looked up the word "humble" in the dictionary.  Websters says it means "not proud or haughty, not pretentious, unassuming, insignificant, modest, lowly. 

I don't think it means we should think of ourselves as garbage, but it does mean we should not be puffed up in ourselves.  We need to recognize every good thing in us is because of Jesus Christ. The best way I can figure to be more humble is to examine our motives in everything.  What are we doing it for? To feel good about ourselves? Or to glorify God?

Everything we do should be to glorify God.  2 Corinthians 10:17-18 says "But he who glories, let him glory in the Lord.  For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends."

One way to be humble is to regard others more than ourselves.  So much of my own pride is found in various forms of jealousy.  Worrying whether somebody else is better at something than me.  Well so what if they are! If it's all to the glory of God, to the betterment of the Kingdom of God....... let them have at it! We need to look out for each other's best interests, not only our own interests.  Philipians 2:3 says, "Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. "    It doesn't mean anybody is better than me. The bible says that labourers are few. If I really want to be used by God, He will use me.   But if I'm caught up in fear, jealousies and pride He won't be able to use me in the way that He wants to.

I don't know how we can ever know that we've arrived at "humbleness" for once you start to think that you're humble.... you're probably not.  But we can and must continue to dig out those roots of pride that creep up like weeds.  How does one get more humble?  By glorifying God. Our motive in everything we do should be to bring glory to God.

John sums it up well in John 3:30 when he says "He must increase, but I must decrease."