Humility is a partner with and privy to Wisdom, they share the most important qualities of life and wellbeing.
Proverbs 22:4 says, “Humility is the fear (or reverence) of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.” Compared or paired with Wisdom as stated in Proverbs 3:16, “long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.”
Both humility and wisdom provide us with long life, monetary prosperity, and honor.
Long-life would be a totally satisfying, productive, and fulfilling high quality of life, nothing missing and nothing broken.
Shalom means; nothing missing, nothing broken, it is having an unbreakable promise that everything supplied for us is full and complete in Christ Jesus.
2 Peter 1:3 in the Amplified Bible says, “For Jesus’s divine power has bestowed on us (absolutely) everything necessary for (a dynamic spiritual) life and godliness, through true and personal knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.” Amen!
So long life is a wage earned for humility and is a benefit and/or promise coming out of the attainment of wisdom!
The twin enjoyment of riches that is attached to humility and wisdom would be; “God supplying all your needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus.”
This is a distribution of resources that has a whole host of implications; material needs and desires being met, material blessing being supplied to others, as God directs. Physical, mental, and emotional support as found in Christ’s abundant generosity to us.
As we take on God’s generosity we fulfill the Law of Christ, which is “bearing one another’s burdens.” Galatians 6:2. This may seem like I have digressed from riches, but generosity and giving are true forms of humility and wisdom that lead to riches!
Placing others above ourselves is true humility, that isn’t thinking less of you, but is thinking of yourself less than others. Wow, that would place us in a Jesus capacity and give us an inkling of His Divine Power, which is shown in love!
Love is always giving of Himself. Amen! This giving in love would lead us into the third promise of humility and wisdom, “honor”.
Romans 12:10-20 in the NIRV translation says, “Love each other deeply. Honor others more than yourselves. Never let the fire in your heart go out. Keep it alive. Serve the Lord. When you hope, be joyful. When you suffer, be patient. When you pray, be faithful. Share with God’s people who are in need. Welcome others into your homes. Bless those who hurt you. Bless them, and do not call down curses on them. Be joyful with those who are joyful. Be sad with those who are sad. Agree with each other. Don’t be proud. Be willing to be a friend of people who aren’t considered important. Don’t think that you are better than others.”
This passage does an amazing job of capturing true humility and wisdom; it touches every part of God’s character, and shows us how to operate in wisdom, shows us how to be humble -really- not proud or disdainful.
Pride is the root of a humility disease and it removes us from God’s grace without which wisdom will elude us and a gross misrepresentation of ourselves will manifest. It will get us out of our humble and Shalomic atmosphere.
Humility keeps us free from pride and arrogance and keeps our Godly manner of being; having a submissive heart, being receptive and inclusive of others.
Humility also provides riches, honor, and long life, just like its paraclete, Wisdom who has long life in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor.
Humility and Wisdom partner together to guide us out of our own will and into God’s will for our long, prosperous, and honored life.
By humility and wisdom, we receive instruction for proper conduct, care, and morality; we receive a defined meaning for our life and are given insight into our future.
A future of Godly moral conduct would entice those around us to search deeper in their own lives and hopefully find the relationship with God that humility and wisdom provides.
Let us keep our eyes on the right and left hands of Wisdom and humility, and live a long and strong life, in Christ Jesus!
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Scriptures of content and encouragement: Proverbs 22:4, Proverbs 3:16, 2 Peter 1:3, Philippians 4:19 NLT, Matthew 6:19-21, John 3:16, Romans 12:10-20 (NIRV version), Proverbs 30:11-13 and, Revelation 5:11-13 (The Passion Trans.), “Then I looked, and I heard the voices of myriads of angels in circles around the throne, as well as voices of the living creatures and the elders-myriads and myriads! And as I watched, all of them were singing with thunderous voices: “worthy is Christ the Lamb who was slaughtered to receive great power and might, wealth and wisdom, and honor, glory, and praise! Then every living being joined the angelic choir. Every creature in heaven and on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and everything in them, were worshiping with one voice saying: “Praise, honor, glory, and dominion be to God-Enthroned and to Christ the Lamb forever and ever.” Amen!