This is not a topic that you hear of often but it’s crucial. God wants us to restore a culture of honor in our churches, families and those we encounter. Honor gives you access.
Honor will grant you access into people, places and things that you are unqualified for. You may not have the degree. You may not have the qualifications on paper but when you begin to apply a culture of honor in any area, with all people there is a reward. When you honor people based on who they are and not by what they do, you are not only going to unlock things in them but you are going to unlock gifts, promises and blessings in you.
What is Honor?
Now dishonor is not the same as correction or accountability. You should correct others in love and with honor. The manner of tone and attitude that you display, is very revealing and tells if you are honoring.
Honestly, I did not grow up being shown how to honor or respect others. We also live in a culture where dishonor is the norm. It wasn’t until God started to convict and teach me the importance of honor regardless of performance. In turn he has opened doors of influence and shown me what honor really looks like. I have been shown great honor and appreciation by people and ministries of great influence without any expectations, simply for who I am and the giftings God has placed in me.
Honor truly begins by how God treated you and me. The Bible says that God not only crowned us with glory, but he crowned us with honor by putting all things under our subjection (Heb. 2:6-8). God actually gives more honor to people within the body of Christ who seem to lack it so that the Church is not divided (1 Cor. 12:24). Our lives are valuable to God. So valuable, in fact, that we’re to honor God with our bodies (1 Thess. 4:4). Honor extends to how we treat other people, too.
The Bible says that we are to “give preference to one another in honor” (Rom. 12:10). Think about that for a moment, do you prefer others as more important than yourself (see Phil. 2:3)? If a husband fails to show honor to his wife, it will hinder his prayer life (1 Pet. 3:7). You and I are to bestow more honor on those who we would initially deem as “less honorable” so that these persons may actually become more presentable in the Church (1 Cor. 12:23).
God is calling us to honor.
Let’s Pray:
Lord, I repent for the times that I have dishonored others. Teach us through your Holy Spirit how to become a people who honor others. Convict me when I think, speak or act disrespectful. Amen.
Stay Encouraged, Leah
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