Gifts are given ~ they  are not earned. Romans 4 was written about Abraham. Verse 3 says, “…Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Verse 16 says, “Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace…”

Romans 5:21 says, “So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Does grace reign in your life? That answer is according to how much you walk in humility or pride.

James 5:6 says that God resists the proud. Pride is the fruit of our flesh. It is a lusting for things that block the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Galatians 5:17 says, “For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another…” Contrary. Picture two magnets opposing one another. There is a field of energy that keeps them apart.

God’s grace empowers us to do what He has called us to do and be. Humility acknowledges that apart from Him we can do nothing.