Humility
Therefore
if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort
from his love, if any common sharing in 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 of one mind.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value
others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to
the interests of the others.
In your
relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very
nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own
advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a
servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself by becoming 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 acknowledge that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians
2:1-11
How do you treat your
spouse? Are you willing to wash their feet in their time of need? Humility will
always hold you together.
Humility in action
means serving our spouse, and no act of service is too small or too great.
Jesus humbled himself. We are to do the same.
What can you do today
to humbly serve the one you love? Nothing too simple or too complex are out of bounds. Do what is needed. Whatever it is, place
your spouse’s needs before your own. That confirms the commitment between the
two of you through Christ-like humility.
If you
think it’s possible to love your spouse too much,
you probably
haven’t loved enough.
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