Humble

Philippians 2:5-11 (NIV)

⁵Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

⁶Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
⁷but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.

⁸And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!

⁹Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

He, "made himself nothing."

He, "humbled himself."

He, "became obedient."

He, "took the very nature of a servant (slave)."

Our, "attitude should be the same" as his.

What stops me from living Philippians 2?

The list is long. But really, it's pretty short. It's me.

For Jesus, humility, obedience and enslavement resulted in glory.

For us, learning to be like him would hold treasures in this life, and in the life to come.

Dear God, may it truly come to pass for each of us.

Teach us to be empty. Teach us to serve. Teach us to be like him.

Grace & Peace,

Adam