But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
| Enabled by His Attitude by Cathy Vinson |
Do
we think at the click of a finger we, as Christ, may make ourselves nothing, abase
ourselves, humble ourselves? Can anyone in society at any given time humble himself? Like
a choice that is always at hand - that we possess this authority over our own spirits? If
so, then let's do it. Now. Let's cut through the favor we surround ourselves with of
others' well-speaking or behavior we esteem as above board. Now. If we are honest, we realize that in Christ is "the attitude" (vs 5)..."who being in very nature God...made Himself nothing." Who of us ever really chooses to make this turn of Christ's downward? Who has the strength to, or who has the authority to? "The attitude" is in Christ Jesus. If humility is to be reached, it will be entered through the One who preceded us on that route perfectly. Who ever you are, endeavor to make yourself nothing. It will truly affirm the excellence of the Man who made the precedence, the "author of our faith" (Heb 5:9). We may ,therefore, walk within. |
| "...but made Himself
nothing" (Phil 2:7) |
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