Philippians 2: 1-11

1 Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.

I was thinking this morning... (you may not be able to relate to all this...) I used to lay in my bed and ask God to hold me... I used to talk to Him like most people talk to a man... and I was in love with Him the way we are usually in love with a man... then enters God saying He is now my Father.. so you can't be in love with your father... right? well this morning.. I decide to go back to the old way of thinking and doing things... I am going to be spiritually incestuous and be in love with my Father.... I will just be pouring out at the seams with love.... then surely I can give it to others too!

3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

I guess he says what you should do... then what you shouldn't.... LOL! stay humble... I told you.. that one is on the forefront of my mind much of the time....

5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
6 Though he was God he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 7 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, 8 he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal’s death on a cross. 9 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

I never thought about that before... the reason that God raised Jesus up so high that His name is above all names.. is because He was willing to lower Himself... He thought of Himself as a man... a slave to men... obedient to God.... He could have been different... He could have said that He is the son of God and used the power He has to make men bow down to Him... He chose the servant's life and God lifted Him above all men...