Short monologue (sermon-style) arguing that humility is necessary for Christian life; pride often goes unnoticed by the proud, so believers must intentionally 'deny themselves, take up their cross and follow Jesus'—a full surrender and submission to God. The speaker frames humility as daily self-denial and contrasts seasoned believers with those who are rebellious and not walking with God.
Typically, that's a pretty tough act, to humble yourself, because if you're not walking in humility, you're walking in pride. And one of the symptoms of pride is that you don't know you're prideful. You don't know that you lack humility. So I know. I don't know if it's Mike Tyson or whoever, but you see it on T shirts. Be humble or be humbled. I think that's interesting, because we all need to walk in humility. And we should, every single day, when we deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Jesus. That's what it is. It's laying our life down. It's that full surrender, submission to the Lord and that humbling. But if we're not seasoned Christian, if we're at that place where we're rebellious against God, we're not walking with him. How in the world do we actually humble ourselves.
