James 4:10 (ESV) Humble yourselves before the Lord, and HE will exalt you. “God will exalt us!” To receive this promise we have a personal responsibility, “Humble ourselves before God!” To be humble means, “To make low or put ourselves under God’s will.” To understand God’s promise and our responsibility more fully, we will look at the first 9 verses in Chapter 4. James 4:1 (ESV) What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? This is a powerful truth that cuts to our heart. The word “Passions” used here is the source of the English word “hedonism,” which is the designation of the philosophy that views pleasure as the chief goal of life. Therefore, if pleasure is the overriding desire of our lives, “nothing” will be allowed to stand in the way of its realization. A war within us!