Day 202: Humble the Soul

In Psalm 35 and verse 13 David speaks this way, “My clothing was sackcloth. I humbled my soul with fasting.” This version says, “I humbled myself…” It’s unfortunate that the modern English translations often put self where the Hebrew says soul, which is legitimate but it obscures the fact that what David was dealing with was his soul. “I humbled my soul with fasting.” I believe every successful servant of the Lord has to learn to humble his or her soul. There are other ways to do it, but fasting is really the biblical way to do it.