“Humility for many years seemed like a tough concept,” says Jeremy Dunlap. For Jeremy Dunlap, humility was a concept that took some struggle. A former church pastor, Jeremy Dunlap now spends his days speaking to and working with corporations, businesses, and the military. “I have often encountered the scriptures ‘humble yourself before the Lord and in time He will lift you up’ and had my heart moved,” added Jeremy Dunlap.
Jeremy Dunlap had to learn that humility is not diminishing your personality. “Humility is conforming your personality to God and in due time He will lift you up,” says Jeremy Dunlap. For Dunlap it was the need to be mended and having strengthened what needed to be strengthened. “Arrogance is acting as though nothing is wrong, nothing is broken,” says Jeremy Dunlap. Confidence is the admittance that one does not have all the answers. “And at the same time saying ‘hey I am really good at this, but not so good at that,” adds Jeremy Dunlap.
For the former politician turned pastor turned speaker and author it has been a journey. “I am still on this journey but I came to the conclusion that maybe, just maybe, humility is not changing ourselves,” says Jeremy Dunlap. For him, humility was changing his allegiance. “It is freeing to say I do not know all the answers, but I know the One who does,” adds Jeremy Dunlap. One day Jeremy Dunlap was writing and “it hit me that maybe humility being more not less, and functioning greater, according to how He has wired me!” Often, says Jeremy Dunlap, people believe humility is being weak or a doormat. For Jeremy Dunlap though, humility understands yourself, knowing your mind, knowing your God and “being comfortable with what you know about all of that!”
“Maybe, just maybe, humility is freedom,” concludes Jeremy Dunlap.
Jeremy Dunlap is a former political candidate, Christian church pastor, turned speaker and author. An accomplished author, Jeremy Dunlap recently contributed to the book Violated Online on Dunham publishing.
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