Philippians 2: 5-8
Note: For the Summer we are reprinting some devotions that ran back when we were getting this site up and running. Hopefully this is new content to you, and we will get back into writing fresh devotions as our schedule allows.
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!
Yesterday we talked about how Jesus made Himself nothing, giving up everything that made Him God. Do you realize that Jesus didn't have to die? If He would have stayed in Heaven (and btw, He knew what was going to happen before He came down here) He had the power over death itself. He never had to experience the pain and suffering of the cross. He didn't have to do any of it, but He chose to be our SERVANT. What!?! God became our SERVANT? But He did what had to be done in order to bring us back to Him. That's the type of attitude that Paul wants us to model. We need to be willing to do whatever it takes to help those around us.
Who are you going to serve today?
-Jeff-
