Humility

It is always interesting to me to see how some leaders think they need to lord themselves over those they are leading.  But there is something about a humble person that attracts others and endears them to other people.  God loves humble people.  Jesus was humble and we celebrated his birth today.  He came not a conquering King but as a lowly child.  That is the ultimate humility.  Many times when I read the Bible, I see how God forgives and even changes his plans of punishment based on how people respond to him.  This morning as I read in 2 Chronicles 12, God turned his anger from Rehoboam because he humbled himself.  Earlier in the chapter, God decided not to destroy Jerusalem after the leaders humbled themselves.  I think what I take from this is that God wants me to be a humble servant, not a powerful jerky leader.