"Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."

                            -Isaiah 6:5

Naturally, the thought of being humiliated does not appeal to us. I don't know about you, but when I think of being humiliated, I think of being severely embarrassed or degraded. But today I looked it up in the dictionary, and it simply means, "to lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of." So, judging by this definition, we all ought to be humiliated. No, I'm not talking about being publicly disgraced; I'm talking about being made humble before God.

In Isaiah chapter 6, we read the story of Isaiah being "humiliated." No longer was he saying, "Woe is them!", but now his cry was, "Woe is me!" When he saw God in His holiness, he saw more clearly than ever before his own wickedness, and therefore his own unworthiness. When we see God as He really is, and then see ourselves as we really are, we will pour contempt and disgust on any pride our hearts may accommodate.

Even when Jesus Himself came to earth, instead of being prideful, He was meek and lowly (Matthew 11:29). The same Jesus that could walk on water, heal the sick, raise the dead, and give sight to the blind was humble instead of arrogant, and modest instead of conceited. How then could we possibly think that we have reason to boast in ourselves?