Marsha's Musings: Faith, Trust, Submission & Humility

In thinking over the audio book by Andrew Murray ,the sermon on faith, and the sermon on submission I am beginning to draw some conclusions about faith, trust and humility.

• It takes humility to trust when you can not see. My natural tendency is to want to be in control of my circumstance...to know what is ahead and be able to control it. To leave God in the driver's seat and not try to backseat drive, takes humility.
• Saving Faith takes humility. To bow to the Lordship of Christ and to repent of one's sins, accept His death on the cross as payment in full for salvation takes humility.
• It takes humility to obey God's directive on submission, whether it be submission to civil authority, church leadership or a wife to her husband. When I rise up within myself and want to be the leader where God has commanded that I be in submission, humility is absent.
• It takes humility to look at others and not compare myself to them. If I am comparing myself to those who I see as "less spiritual", then I am trying to boost myself up to feel better about myself. If I am intimidated by others in some way, then it means my pride is getting poked. I may feel humiliated, but this is the opposite of being truly humble.
• It takes humility to listen more than I talk. How often do I rattle on about myself instead of listening to others?
• It takes humility to simply listen to another's problems without offering unasked for advice. So often I want to offer advice when maybe advice isn't what is needed. So it takes humility to not try to "fix" every one's problems for them.