Phil 2:3-5
Do nothing
out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better
than yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but
also to the interests of others.
5 Your
attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
NIV
It is
impossible for us to talk about the character of Christ without talking about
Humility. Humility is a virtue that makes you see people and treat them the way
you would want to be treated; with esteem and honor etc.
This means
you have to see people as important as you see yourself. The logical outworking
of this though is that for you to see and treat people as importantly as you
would yourself you would have to consider them better than yourself first
because we humans are naturally self-conscious and in order for someone else to
fill that space of self they would have to be first considered better so as to
be heavy enough to displace the self-filled perception of one’s self through
which he sees the world.
So the
theory is simple, which is how Christ applied it and produced a life defined by
humility, which is how you should apply it too.
If Jesus
didn’t consider you more important, would he be willing to suffer and die for
you? Although we all know he is more important than all of us put together we
wouldn’t have known this if He didn’t take the first step.
Begin today
by increasing greatly the importance you attach to the people you deal with and
watch the mind of Christ alive in you.
Prayer:
Heavenly God, thank you for the spirit of grace that you have given me to live
the life you have called me to live. May I reflect Christ to everyone I deal
with today, In Jesus name. Amen
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