[The Glory Unveiled]
He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. ( Philippians 2:6 )
Pride is the gravitational force that pulls the arrogant and the ungodly towards eminent destruction. Everything that comes through the faculty of our will is a choice. Pride is one of such things as well as humility. Humility is recognizing who we are and yet not taking advantage of it to the detriment of others or the unduly exaltation of self. So, in the scripture above, Christ Jesus knew and could have taken advantage of the fact that he had equal status with God but didn’t think that He should cling to the advantage of that status [because He was on earth]. The reason being that while on earth, though he was fully God as though not human and fully human as though He was not God, he chose to cling more to the status and ‘disadvantages’ of being human because He was always with men [humans]. That is the sound code of humility; putting the needs and sometimes comfort of others before ours. Jesus could have intimidated his disciples with the status of his being God so much that they would feel too unclean to get close to Him. But we know that He chose the opposite, even sinners felt welcomed by Him. That is the tribal mark of humility. We must bear the same mark as Jesus’ followers.
Prayer_Bead: Father Lord, thank you for showing me the true mark of humility and inscribing it in my will so that I can display this holy virtue of greatness in the face of Christ.
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