Day 25 - It's Not About Me

Philippians 2:1 - 2:11

 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, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death—
        even death on a cross!

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

Surrender requires humility, a trait that isn’t often celebrated in our world.

Instead, our society tends to focus on the question “What about me?” It becomes ingrained in us to think of ourselves before others, to look to our needs and wants, and to protect our Kingdom.

Jesus lived a life that looked very different to this. He did not use his divinity for his own interest, but gave it up to save us!

Imagine for a moment that you were given divine power for a day. Would your first reaction be to fix your own life, or would we sacrifice it to help others?

Consider the plans for your life that currently fill your time. Are there any that you are putting ahead of God’s will? Pray for humility to lay them down before God today and choose His way instead.