Our Example

Hello Everyone,
What does it mean to be HUMBLE?
Consider others better than yourself.

(Philippians 2:3-4)3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Our natural way of thinking is that the more we can get for ourselves the happier we’ll be. But God’s word tells us just the opposite is true. If you want to be great, you’ve got to be the last. If you want to get everything you want, you’ve got to be willing to put others first. What would it look like for me, for all of us, to consider others better than ourselves?

· Simple things like letting others go first.
· Giving up the biggest piece of dessert (or the last piece).
· More important things like keeping your promises.
· Showing up on time to appointments with others.
· Giving money away to others before you have everything you want.

Our role model for “humility” is Jesus himself. Paul lays that out when he says in Philippians 2:5:Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

Paul then spends the next few sentences telling us exactly what Jesus did in laying down an example of humility. It’s starts in verse six where we learn that being humble like Jesus means to…Be unconcerned about your personal position.

(Philippians 2:5-6)5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

That word “grasped” here brings the idea that it was not something to be seized. Though Christ was in very nature God, he did not go grasping after it, putting Himself forward, and demanding others treat Him in a way befitting someone of His stature.
Our application is simple. Whatever titles we may have earned, whatever degrees may hang on our wall, being like Jesus will mean we never lord our authority over others, or try to make them feel inferior to us.

Let Jesus be your guide. Though He was in nature God, He did not consider it something to be grasped. Instead, He set us an example of humility, teaching us to.

All for Jesus
Pastor Phil