Humility by Andrew Murray
Week 10: Chapter IX — Humility and Faith
Read Chapter IX of Humility by Andrew Murray. Key texts: John 5:44; Matthew 8:8–10; Matthew 15:27–28.
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Murray makes a claim that may be the most practically disruptive in the book: our faith is weak not because we haven't tried hard enough to believe, but because pride is blocking it — and the path to stronger faith runs through deeper humility.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Murray opens with the image of blessings in a shop window — visible but unreachable, with 'a thick pane of plate-glass between me and them.' Have you ever experienced that — clearly seeing a promise or a blessing that you seemed unable to actually receive? What did you attribute the gap to at the time?
2.He argues from John 5:44 that the desire for human approval ('receiving glory from men') makes faith structurally impossible — because faith is the seeking of glory that comes only from God. How do those two orientations conflict? Can you name a specific area where the desire for human approval competes with your trust in God?
3.Murray defines faith as 'the confession of nothingness and helplessness, the surrender and the waiting to let God work' — and says humility is therefore 'simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.' Does that definition of faith align with how you've thought about it? What does it add or change?