True Humility

5 It is the same today, for a few of the people of Israel have remained faithful because of God’s grace—his undeserved kindness in choosing them. 6 And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is—free and undeserved.
7 So this is the situation: Most of the people of Israel have not found the favor of God they are looking for so earnestly. A few have—the ones God has chosen—but the hearts of the rest were hardened.
- Roamns 11:5-7

Who is faithful? Who is worthy? worthy of GOD's grace? No human, not one could ever be good enough deserving GOD's blessings. Even the chosen people of GOD were not faithful, and only a few were faithful because GOD made them too. It is by HIS grace a few of us who follow Yeshua could ever be faithful to HIM. It is never because we are able to be faithful, or are we capable to be faithful on our own for if it were so, we would not be needing the grace of GOD, each of us can start working and earning our salvation.

Many people who are religious, who try with their efforts and sacrifices to please GOD do not find GOD's favor. It is because their hearts are not right. They have pride in their hearts. How do we know we have fallen out of grace and fallen into pride? When we start to think that we are better than others because of what we do for GOD, or because we do a certain thing or believe something that others do not, this is already pride. Remember the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14). The Pharisee taught he was righteous and good because he is a pharisee, but the moment he started to judge the tax collector who did not even look up but beat his chest in sorrow because he was a sinner, was the moment the Pharisee fell from grace. We are all under GOD's grace, therefore none of us has the right to judge others regardless of their state or being. We may not be perfect, but we must possess true humility like the tax collector. The strength of true humility is finding favor in GOD's eyes.

Remembrance

“In honor of the Lord your God, celebrate the Passover each year in the early spring, in the month of Abib, for that was the month in which the Lordyour God brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 Your Passover sacrifice may be from either the flock or the herd, and it must be sacrificed to the Lord your God at the designated place of worship—the place he chooses for his name to be honored. 3 Eat it with bread made without yeast. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, as when you escaped from Egypt in such a hurry. Eat this bread—the bread of suffering—so that as long as you live you will remember the day you departed from Egypt.

- Deuteronomy 16:1-4

Why does GOD want us to celebrate a certain feast in a year? The Jews Celebrate the Passover while the Christians remember the death and celebrate the ressurection of Jesus. Why is it important to remember all the things that happened during this certain time of the year? The reason being is so we do not forget. Human weakness tend to be so forgetful especially when the events that happened are not favorable or pleasant, we just want to forget about these things. But GOD doesn't want us to forget our sufferings or the hardships that we have gone through. In fact, GOD wants us to remember the sufferings experienced in the past by commanding the Israelites to eat unleavened bread for one week. Unleavened bread is bread without yeast. It is flat, hard and untasty. Everytime they eat this bread and celebrate the Passover, they remind themselves what happened during the time GOD took them out of Egypt. They are reminded that their freedom now is because of GOD. Eating the bread of suffering will remind them that they owe it all to GOD and that they should never foget what GOD has done for them, so that they will be faithful to HIM, following HIS ways as long as they live.

It is easy to forget our blessings in life. We complain when things are rough, but before you even utter a word of complaint, try to remember the hardships you have gone through in life that GOD has carried you through. With every victory that GOD has given you, do you have a remembrance of that certain event and time? Everytime GOD lifts us up from our trials and sufferings, we should make it a point to create a milestone, a remembrance of how we suffered and how GOD has rescued us from such suffering. It is easy to forget many things that happend in our lives for the days that we live pass by like a mist. We have to remember that where we are now is because of where we have been in the past. So as not to let our heads get puffed up and swell in pride, but to always walk humbly before our GOD, let us remember all our blessings, sufferings and breakthroughs. Let us remember what GOD has done for us.