A Prayer for Humility.
Andrew Murray
I will here give you a flawless guide, that will reveal to you the truth.
It is this: step back from the world and all conversation, only for one month; neither write, nor read, nor debate anything with yourself; stop all the former workings of your heart and mind: and, with all the strength of your heart, stand all this month, as continually as you can, in the following form of prayer to God.
Offer it frequently on your knees; but whether sitting, walking, or standing, be always inwardly longing, and earnestly praying this one prayer to God: “That of His great goodness He would make known to you, and take from your heart, every kind and form and degree of Pride,
Father, because of Your Great Goodness would You make known to me and take from my heart, every kind and form and degree of Pride, whether it be from evil spirits, or my own corrupt nature; and that You would awaken in me the deepest depth and truth of that humility, which can make me capable of Your light and Holy Spirit.”
Reject every thought, but that of waiting and praying in this matter from the bottom of your heart, with such truth and earnestness, as people in pain wish to pray and be delivered from it. If you can and will give yourself up in truth and sincerity to this spirit of prayer, I will venture to affirm that, if you had twice as many evil spirits in you as Mary Magdalene had, they will all be cast out of you, and you will be forced with her to weep tears of love at the feet of the Holy Jesus.
* * * * *
* * * *
* * *
* *
*