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Honor:

Proverbs 15:33- The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

I am interested in that phrase "before honour is humility."

Honor- The esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; any expression of respect or of high estimation by words or actions;

Humility- In ethics, freedom from pride and arrogance; humbleness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth.

In theology, humility consists in lowliness of mind; a deep sense of one's own unworthiness in the sight of God, self-abasement, penitence for sin, and submission to the divine will.

Before one is given an expression of high respect there must come a deep sense of one's own unworthiness.

Luke 14:11    For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth (not proud, ranking low) himself shall be exalted.

Men not thinking of themselves run into battle to save another from harm. The President, in the name of Congress, has awarded more than 3,400 Medals of Honor to our nation's bravest Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration's creation in 1861.

The Bible says I'm a solder

2 Timothy 2:3- Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 2:4- No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

A Soldier is to endure hardness. A Soldier should expect to be in battle.

When this life is over and all the battles fought and we stand before the Commander and  Chief will I receive awards or will I suffer loss?

1 Corinthians 3:13- Every man's work shall be made manifest:for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

1 Corinthians 3:14- If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

1 Corinthians 3:15- If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss:but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

The battle is on, the enemy is out to destroy, the ambushes have been set and the traps have been blended into the terrain. The question today; am I ready for what's ahead, have I prepared myself for the day? Will I return a victor or will I be a casualty or will I have become a prisoner of war? It all depends on how well I'm prepared and am I listening to and following the commands of the Holy Spirit!