Humility

By Andrew Murray

A Timeless Christian Classic on the Lowliness of Christ, the Root of Every Grace, and the Heart of True Discipleship

"God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (1 Peter 5:5)

What does it mean to be truly humble?

We tend to think of humility as one virtue among many—admirable, perhaps, but optional. Andrew Murray disagrees. In these twelve short meditations, he makes the case that humility is not a single grace but the root from which every other grace grows: the one soil in which faith, love, and holiness can actually take hold.

Murray traces humility through three great motives. It becomes us as creatures, made to be empty vessels that God may fill and be our all. It becomes us as sinners, pointing the only way back to our right place before Him. And it becomes us as saints, drawn so deep into redeeming love that lowliness turns into our highest joy and truest nobility.

At the center of it all stands Jesus—meek and lowly of heart, who found His glory in taking the form of a servant. Murray shows that Christ's humility was not merely His path to the cross but the very life we are called to share. To be humble, he argues, is not the mark of shame but a being "clothed upon with the very beauty and blessedness of heaven."

This is a book that gently exposes how little humility is actually sought after—in our preaching, our homes, our work, and even our pursuit of holiness—and then calls the reader higher.

In these twelve meditations, Murray helps the reader:

• See humility as the root of every Christian grace, not one virtue among many
• Understand Christ's lowliness as the pattern and power for our own
• Move beyond self-condemnation into a humility rooted in grace, not merely sin
• Recognize pride where it quietly hides—in ministry, holiness, and daily life
• Trade striving and self-effort for the freedom of being "nothing, that God may be all"
• Grasp how humbling ourselves is the very path to being exalted by God

South African pastor Andrew Murray penned this classic in 1895, and it continues to provide godly counsel and sound biblical instruction to believers in the present day. Its central appeal is as plain as Scripture itself: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble (1 Peter 5:5). Since all of us are so needy for God's grace, we would do well to take the humble path and learn from our meek Savior what it means to be truly humble before God. Written with the pastoral warmth and depth that made Murray one of the most beloved devotional writers in church history, it remains one of the most edifying treatments of humility ever written—and in our self-promoting age, one of the most necessary.

Short enough to read in a single sitting, yet weighty enough to return to for a lifetime, Humility is the kind of book that doesn't merely inform. It searches, softens, and reshapes the heart.

This Generations edition includes:

• The complete, unabridged original text
• Twelve clearly structured chapters, ideal for daily or weekly reading
• Scripture quoted from the New King James Version
• Light editing by Joshua Schwisow to make this classic clear and accessible for today's reader

Perfect for:

• Personal devotional reading and reflection
• Family worship and discipleship
• Small groups and men's or women's studies
• Seasons of spiritual dryness or self-examination
• Readers who love classic authors like Andrew Murray, Charles Spurgeon, and Henry Scougal

At a time when everything around us celebrates self, Humility points to the lowly road that Jesus walked—and reminds us that "he who humbles himself shall be exalted."