3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
6 Though he was God,
he did not think of equality with God
as something to cling to.
7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;
he took the humble position of a slave
and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form,
8 he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
9 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above all other names,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Terrie's Comments:
Jesus Himself gave us this template to follow when He, even though He was God, didn't consider himself equal with God. He humbled Himself so that we could be saved!
Tori's Comments:
The first verse itself shows me things I should see in my own life: encouragement and comfort from my personal time with Christ that fills me throughout the day, a tenderness and compassion towards others both in and out of the church, and a unity and love between the body of Christ.
Verse 3 immediately makes me think of people-pleasing, something I wrote a post on and have recently worked through. Oh, to be free in Christ!
The humility that Jesus displayed is dumbfounding. I can't even comprehend how our King and Savior could bend down and wash his disciples' feet, or take beatings for me. How even when He was tired and wanted to get alone with His Father, he would still be overtaken by compassion for the crowds of people and would wring out every last bit energy from His body. For us.
And if the One who was there when the stars were hung in the sky could be so selfless, so humble.... why can't I even bother to think about someone else before myself for once?
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