as philippians 2.5 (ms) says, think of yourselves the way CHRIST JESUS thought of HIMself. CHRIST is our example in our relationships so how did HE think of HIMself?
HE thought of HIMself as a servant in dealing with others.
how do you know if you think as a servant? it’s simple. how do you respond when people treat you like a servant?
verse 8 (ms), when the time came, HE set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human!
HE also was willing to sacrifice for others.
listen, it is impossible for you and me to live a lifestyle of total unselfishness on our own. it is human nature to be selfish, to think only of me.
by nature we are all selfish. so by nature we on our own cannot do all five of these steps on our own we all have that nature to do what we want to do.
our son and daughter-in-law are going to have a new baby at their home in a few months and they will know what selfishness is all about. no matter when that baby is hungry it demands to be fed. even in the middle of the night.
what do we men us usually do when our baby has pooped their pants? we yell for our wife to come and do something. we are by nature selfish. we don’t grow out of that.
i cannot live totally unselfishly with my wife or my kids or the people i work with, etc. i can't do it by myself. i need CHRIST.
just a thought from the front porch....
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