Day 2: The Diagnostic of Humility

Reading: Zephaniah 2:1–3

Devotional: How do you respond when corrected or challenged? This simple question reveals whether pride or humility rules your heart. Pride resists correction and defends itself at all costs. Humility receives feedback as an opportunity for growth. Zephaniah calls God's people to "seek the Lord, seek righteousness, seek humility." Notice the active pursuit required—humility isn't passive resignation but intentional seeking.

To seek humility is to align your heart with God's truth about who you are—neither inflated nor diminished, but secure as His beloved child. When you stop striving to prove your worth, you can finally hear God's gentle correction without fear or shame. When conflict, correction, conviction, or compromise threatens to crush you, remember: you don't need to defend yourself because God defends you. Your identity rests secure in Him, not in being right or maintaining your image. Perhaps today you'll be concealed in the day of the Lord's anger not because you're perfect, but because you're seeking Him.

Reflection Question: When was the last time you received correction with gratitude rather than defensiveness?

Quote: "The humble person is not one who thinks little of himself, but one who thinks of himself little." — C.S. Lewis