Attitude
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if
any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness
and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same
love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or
vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the
interests of others.
Your
attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature
God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being
made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled
himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!
Therefore
God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every
name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth
and under the earth, and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:1-11
It
really is all about attitude. Jesus is the Son of God, but He did not allow
that to change His attitude towards others. God exalted Jesus, and so should we.
Our
Lord’s extraordinary itinerary of redemption should fill our hearts with
gratitude and praise. His attitude was above reproach.
God broke into human history to offer us the gift of eternal
life.
Our Daily Bread –