Any answers?

This past week, I was asked the following questions.....

1. Do we know why God specifically choose Abraham to give him the promise of land, offspring, blessing?

2. What is humility, and how do you practically display it/work at it?

My personal thoughts:

1. There wasn't anything particularly special about Abraham. It was God's sovereign choice to choose him and to reveal his grace to him - especially in light of the situation of him not having any children at such an old age. Maybe God intended to use such a person to show that he is really the God who's in control. That supernatural things happen only with his divine intervention.

2. Humility is something internal, its an attitude of the heart. Whilst it might be shown in putting other people ahead of yourself and being other-person centred, it ultimately comes down to how we respond in our own heart. (eg. to compliments, our attitude towards others doing 'better' than us). This is a tricky one - its difficult, in our selfish nature not to naturally be resentful, jealous or envious as opposed to praising God for the way in which he has gifted the body of Christ.

As for how you work on it......i don't know? Ask and rely on the Spirit to change you? Wait for the new creation where we'll be given new bodies and there'll be no more sin?

Any thoughts? Pls post your comments/suggestions!