Poor “in spirit”
means to renounce your Self being totally in control. It does not mean
to dishonor or abandon the self. Jesus does not want to rule over a ruined self
but a surrendered one. What happens when you renounce yourself for a Savior? First,
we are left with an emptiness to be filled. The Holy Spirit comes to you and can
now make you aware of your true God-made origin, your God need, God dependence.
You can accept heavenly Father’s Grace and lean fully on Him. Without an
approach of emptying the self, we would still be filled with all the worldly
clutter. That clutter tries to block the Holy Spirit, silencing the
clearer-life message. In one sense; this means ‘put down your false self’. . .
so your true self can be resurrected.
Prayer: Lord, I
do pray you would help me replace any False self with your true self growth and
be more your-other-centered messenger.