Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Let us be of the same mind: Christ made himself a servant

Philippians 2: 1 Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2 fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
The Humbled and Exalted Christ 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

Christ made himself a servant, or bond servant, literally a slave. Why would He do that. To save us. He literally made Himself subservient, to us, for us?! The God of the universe became a man, and a type and fashion of a slave. Why did He do that. Because He Loves us, because He had to because of our sin.
Sin makes us a slave, and only the master can set us free. In order to do that, He had to become like one of the least of us, the lowly of the lowly. A sin filled man. In fact all of the sin He bore, none is left. He took more sin than I even have, because He took it all.
I hate serving sometimes, especially if it hurts, or if it's really hard. But He did it and it was the hardest thing I can ever imagine a man doing.
Sin envelopes us, covers us, makes us nasty. Buy His dying on the cross cleanses us from all that filth, no matter how much we have, He took more. He took it all.
I hate that it's so hard for me to serve. That means I have a lot of dying to do, every day!
Lord help me to dye to my self, my desires, unless their Your desires, let my kingdoms of self fall, and let You live fully in me and through me completely!
Let us be of the same mind!

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