Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you
will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—  for his anger
flares up in an instant. But what joy for all who take refuge in him!
(Psalms 2:12 – NLT)

God is shaking our world and very few people will be able to put confidence in any earthly means! What many have trusted in will come back to mock us. The author, a few days ago, spoke with a medical doctor who said he spent the entirety of his profession saving up and investing, only to lose a 1/4 of his earnings in one week! There are people who have confidence in family, others have relied on institutions. Still others have given their whole lives to sports and different forms of entertainment. Some have even carved out a living by promoting worldly comedy and laughter. What an oxymoron for the times we live: “happy comedian”. It seems everyone has some measure of reliance on something that makes them happy, but God has the option of dispelling those things (Jer. 13:25).

VOLUNTEERS OF HUMILITY

Everyone is searching for answers through many of the same means that we are used to relying on. Those means are fading away. As a result, our dependence on those things are fading, as well. God is showing us — even those who belong to Him — that we have been, in many ways, independent from Him. And yet, who speaks about humbling ourselves as a nation? Who will voluntarily show signs of humility? Who will proclaim that we have sinned against God? We will either do this involuntarily or become “volunteers of humility.”

Here are some scriptures that may interest you:

Exodus 15:23-26 (CEB)
When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink Marah’s water because it was bitter. That’s why it was called Marah.
The people complained against Moses, “What will we drink?”
Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD pointed out a tree to him. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. The LORD made a regulation and a ruling there, and there he tested them.
The LORD said, “If you are careful to obey the LORD your God, do what God thinks is right, pay attention to his commandments, and keep all of his regulations, then I won’t bring on you any of the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. I am the LORD who heals you.”

John 13:4-5
So he got up from the table and took off his robes. Picking up a linen towel, he tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he was wearing.

Matthew 23:12
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Prov. 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Psalms 145:16
When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.

Isaiah 2:12
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low.

Rev. 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.