Real Men Are Humble

I’ve wondered how many men think of a humble man as a wimp, a mousy person, a quiet person, a meek man, or some combination of those descriptions. I used to think that when thinking of humility, and it boiled down to a baseless description—he just wasn’t a man’s man. He wasn’t “girly”, he just wasn’t a testosterone laden man. Pretty sad isn’t it?

Our view of the characteristics of others is often skewed isn’t it? It happens when we have our own ideas, or misconceptions, of what real men are, because we are basing those thoughts on what we perceive they should be based on our perceptions. It took a long time, and some hard lessons, for me to discover what real humility is. Much of what I thought was not based on any spiritual applications.

I recently heard a message about humility, and it made sense, and it clearly identified those men who I thought of as humble: To be humble, as real men we will:

·         Accept the fact that life isn’t all about us.

·         Decide to serve others and will do, from time to time, random acts of kindness just because we can.

·         Learn to be humble as it is a learning process, it doesn’t just happen.

How do we learn to be humble and live in humility?

·         We avoid taking credit. We do things without seeking credit.

·         We praise others, and praise them sincerely and often.

·         We help others succeed at what they are doing, and we delight in it.

·         We admit our mistakes freely and openly.

·         We always try to learn from others.

·         We place others before ourselves, we go last.

·         We serve others.

We all have available to us an absolutely perfect example of humility—perfect humility. The story of Jesus’ life here on earth is a picture perfect example of a humble man, and I would guess that no one would ever consider him a wimp! His model of humility exemplifies so well that real men are humble.

Bottom Line Thought: Have you struggled with humility? Has it affected any of your relationships? How might you change and change your view of humility?