My pastor's story during our church service was riveting. It was especially meaningful to me since I was part of it. He shared what happened during a worship session he and I led for about 170 men at a men’s breakfast.
He introduced the story by saying, “If the men worship in spirit and truth, things happen. If the men are right, the marriages will be right. If the men are right, the children will be right. If the families are right, the church will be right. It all goes back to this: are the men worshiping? Well, last Saturday, we were worshiping. It’s a simple setup—we didn’t have a full praise band, just a guitarist and me up on the stage.”
As he and I led, he stopped in the middle of the last song and told the men that he heard God say, “I want you to pray for the men in this room who need physical healing.” So he prayed, and we continued in an explosion of worship.
Later, we learned that a personal injury attorney had invited a client who was in a wheelchair after a severe motorcycle accident. The man had flatlined for a minute and a half, undergone multiple surgeries, and had steel rods in his back. His quality of life was severely diminished. As we worshiped, this pre-believer sat in his wheelchair while the men filled the room with faith-filled praise.
The next day, my pastor shared in our Sunday service that the man had sent a video to his lawyer—walking, pain-free, out of his wheelchair. When someone in the congregation shouted, “He’s here!” the place erupted as he stood with his hands raised.
I thought, “All glory to God,” rejoicing that I had been part of this worship miracle. Even more amazing, the healed man answered the altar call after the service. There is power in our worship to heal, save, and deliver. God is raising up worshiping men—lawyers, businessmen, pastors, worship leaders, and every man who will lift holy hands—to manifest His kingdom in this great revival and awakening.
As I walked into a prayer meeting the morning after, a friend asked if I had heard about the miracle at the men’s breakfast. I started to say, “That was me playing guitar. I was leading worship.” But before the words left my mouth, I heard the Lord say, “Don’t you dare touch My glory. The glory is Mine.” It was His gentle way of telling me to zip my lip.
As M.C. Hammer—now an ordained minister—discovered, “U Can’t Touch This” applies only to God. He alone is unmatched, beyond comparison, and worthy of all glory. God entrusts us with His favor, power, and anointing, but we must remember what happened before—Lucifer, a beautiful angel, once carried God’s glory. Yet, in his pride and desire to take that glory for himself, he ruined himself, led a third of the angels astray, and brought destruction upon mankind.
As God moves through us powerfully, we must guard against pride by remembering these truths:
Humility isn't thinking less of ourselves; It's thinking of ourselves less. True humility isn’t about belittling ourselves but about focusing on God and others. We are His children, a royal priesthood, and ministers of the Gospel, empowered by the Holy Spirit. But all that we have is to serve others and glorify Him—not to exalt ourselves.
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others. 1 Peter 4:10
Any power we have is from God. We deceive ourselves if we think our accomplishments are because of our own brilliance or abilities.
This all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 2 Cor 4:7
Pride destroys the favor and grace of God. Our pride results in the exact opposite of what we want.
God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble. 1 Peter 5:5
A man’s pride will ruin him. But a person who is humble will be honored. Proverbs 29:23
Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished. Proverbs 16:5
Pride is destructive. Satan's great sin is pride. He is Apollyon, which means destroying or ruining.
The thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy. John 10:10
Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18
Humility makes us Christlike. The Bible calls us to imitate Jesus' humility. He left the highest heavens for the lowest place on earth, laying down His title and position to serve us.
When we serve and worship God in humility, it releases all the favor, grace, and power of heaven to transform those around us like Jesus did.
Have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who… did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant…he humbled himself… Therefore God exalted him to the highest place. Phil 2:5-9
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