Day 270: He Humbled Himself

Philippians 2:6-9

Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names,

humble-having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance.

My favorite part about this passage is when it says, He humbled Himself in obedience to God. Because Jesus is God in the flesh, He is the Kings of Kings, and God sent Him down to earth to be a servant. It says ‘though He was God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.’ He gave up His throne in heaven, he gave up His divine privileges in order to be in and obey the will of God. Because of this wonderful act of humility we have received the gift of salvation. Because the king decided to give up His throne and die a criminal’s death on our behalf we are saved, we are set free. Because of this God honored Him. It says God elevated Him to the place of highest honor.

Sometime we are seeking honor without humility. What I mean is that we are often walking through life arrogantly and seeking honor in our arrogance. Honor comes from God and we cannot walk arrogantly before Him and think that we should be honored. If Jesus Himself who was fully God and fully man humbled Himself before the Lord, who are we to walk as if we are better than anyone. We do not require honor, as a matter of fact we do not deserve it. If anyone should walk in humility it should be us, we were dying in our sin until Jesus came. We could not get ourselves out of sin, and for that reason we should walk humbly and obediently before God.

A lot of times we’re seeking honor and glory from God over looking the relationship. Overlooking the fact that we must humble ourselves before Him. He is not going to honor us in our arrogance and conceit. He’s looking for people that will humble themselves before Him. Stepping off our high horses to serve Him and His people. When I think about this, I think about the fact that we are seeking worldly honor. That’s the problem, we are seeking honor from man and not from God. That’s where we go wrong. We try to elevate ourselves among man, and when we get it we act as if we are better than the next person or above someone else. We start to idolize this idea of importance, honor, or fame.

Something I constantly pray for is humility, because I never want to get into the mindset of thinking that I am better than anyone else, or too good to do the dirty work or even worse, that I don’t need God because I can handle it on my own. Everytime I get on my high horse God knocks me right back down to earth, because I want to live and walk in humility with HIm. If we do not humble ourselves before Christ we cannot grow. How are we going to survive if we cannot grow in Christ?

All this to say, if we want to walk with God and live like Christ, we must humble ourselves. Yes, we all have a specific importance, and a purpose but that does not warrant us to walk as if we deserve honor. We must take the example from Christ and humble ourselves in obedience before the Lord. Jesus gave up a throne, and took on the death of a sinner, so we can have salvation. When we think of that we can climb down off our high horse and serve the living God.

Reflection

1. Can you say that you are truly walking humbly before the Lord?
2. Can you remember a time when you were arrogant?
3. Do you think that we can grow in Christ if we are arrogant and boastful in ourselves?
4. Are you clinging to worldly honor?
5. Or do you want to be honored and elevated in Christ?

Prayer Time

Allow you answers to the above questions guide your prayer. Talk to God about walking humbly before Him, ask Him to search your heart and bring to your attention the things that are not like Him. Spend time with Him, confessing and glorifying Him.

I love you and I hope you have an amazing day or evening! Be sure to share this with someone and come back tomorrow for Day 271!