Humility In The Bible

The purpose of man is solely to give glory to our merciful creator. He intricately carved us from the dust, even though He knew we would betray Him. When he created us, he meant for us to worship Him and show His love to those around us, but sadly we have gone away from that. We are selfish and we decided that our wants were greater than those of our creator. We tend to focus too much on trivial things like our appearance, social status, technology, etc. Man is a complex creature that was handcrafted by God, so through analysis and comparison to the Word of God, we will better understand what man is and what we were made to be.
There are many different characteristics of man, and it would be impossible to cover all of them, but here are a few good ones. The first is humility; in the Bible, humility is a very important factor, as it should be in our lives, too. Humility is the quality of being humble, meaning that you do not think better of yourself than you do of others. Courage is a difficult trait for most people to possess, but it is a much needed one. You have to be willing to step out of your comfort zone and possibly put yourself in danger in order to be courageous. Optimism is a trait that means you are hopeful for the best rather than assuming the worst.
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