Christ Hymn

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited,but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (Philippians 2:1-13, NRSV)

Humble seems to be a word out society has forgotten. We seem to only look out for ourselves and focus on the Un-holy trinity of me, myself, and I.

You see in our passage here we see Jesus who was God and is God. And even though He knew He was God and could do whatever He wanted, He set aside His own thoughts and His own self preservation and went to the cross to die for all of us, to die for you.

We get hung up on not wanting to follow where God is calling us but yet Jesus gave everything up for you.

God gives us the ability to be humble like Christ and think of others first. It isnt easy, but neither was Christ’s death for you.