JESUS put us before HIMself…

another way that you can give preference to others is to help other people get ahead.

CHRIST is the great example of this. HE gave preference to us. like a slave, like a servant, HE laid down HIS own preferences so that you and i could get ahead.

look at in philippians 2:3-8 (msg), don’t push your way to the front. put yourself aside and help others get ahead. don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. forget yourself long enough to lend a helping hand. think of yourselves the way JESUS thought of HIMself. HE was GOD but HE took on the status of a slave an incredibly humbling process. HE didn’t claim special privileges. instead HE lived a selfless obedient life.

think of the humble life JESUS lived, coming from heaven to earth, born in a stable. on the weekend when HE was making a very public entrance into the city of jerusalem, most of the bible scholars of that day thought the messiah would come in triumphantly as a military victor, maybe on the back of a white stallion. the SON of GOD instead chose to come into the city on the back of donkey. then HE died a criminal’s death. why? because in HIS death, you and i are given the opportunity to have life. JESUS put our preferences ahead of HIS own.

that's what it means to be a CHRIST follower.

just a thought from the front porch…