Humbled and Surviving

I was enrolled in a computer course to learn some basics of computing. I had to learn how to use a double “for and next” loop and it was a little complicated. I got home and the youngest of my 4 brothers looked at it and within minutes told me exactly how to work it. Amazing! I was stupefied. Then, I thought that I was doing well to bench press 200lbs until I learned better. There was a thin short guy that didn’t appear muscular, and he put the weights up easily. Amazing! Again, I’m stupefied. Once, I was looking for a receipt with the SNAP balance on it. I saw a stinkbug walking towards a piece of paper, so I walked over to where it was and there was the receipt. Amazing! Thank-you stinkbug. I mostly attribute those things to the human robot phenomenon. Still, I’m shamed, nullified, and not boastful at all. There is no boast left in me after years and years of these types of situations. I can understand how this scripture works,

“But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise;
God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—
to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before Him.”
1 Corinthians 1:27-29

There is something beneficial about being humiliated and having my esteem bashed routinely. I’ve lost my bitterness, anger, and motivation against this world that has an unfair advantage over me. I have accepted my lowly station in life. I have to attribute my positively oriented attitude to Jesus. He has given me wisdom but not the type of wisdom that this new world gives. God’s wisdom whispers in my ear that it is better to live with Christ than to self-destruct by the vindictive terms of this world. That is my redemption, my righteousness, and my holiness.

“It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—
that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.”
1 Corinthians 1:30