phillipians 2
5-8Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.
i was reading this passage this morning and God gave me a new perspective as far as how great and awesome our King Jesus is. i love how God knows how to reshape my focus and point out areas i need to work on. i’ve always been blown away by Jesus and his selflessness of leaving heaven to come to this awful place. but God through this passage, showed me exactly what he expects out of me. he wants me to be humble toward him.
Jesus did everything the father had asked him to do through humility. he left his father’s side, and his whole life was filled with poverty and hard times. he was a walking blues album. the bible doesn’t say that he had any musical talent specifically but i won’t be surprised to get to heaven and find him singing about some of the hard times here on earth.
as i read the passage and saw Jesus’ example of how true humility looks in relationship to our God, i was blown away. it gave me a truer perspective as far as what my life should look like when i want to be sold out to God. the ramifications are heavy of praying such a prayer. i crave and desire for my life to be surrendered completely to God. Jesus wanted the same thing and left me a great example of how to do it and how to glorify God in doing so.
as a Christ follower, one of the core purposes of my life should be bringing glory to God through the life that he gave me. that can not even begin without a life humbly surrendered to God and his ways, not mine. when i get to the end of all this and look back on my life, i want to see a guy who woke up every day trying to live surrendered to God, and because of that, God received much glory.
one of the things i’ve always been struck by is Jesus and his humility, thanks to this passage i am reminded of the many ways his life reflected that.
