Sent Down

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself and became obedient to death -- even death on the cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

~Phil. 2:5-11~

Lord, teach me to humble myself just like Jesus humbling himself in submission to You. Jesus was sent down from heaven to become a man -- a "bondservant" who was obedient to the point of dying on the cross for our sins (Phil. 2:6-8).

Lord, i know that humility and submission to You are not signs of weakness but evidence of Christlike power and character. For it is written, "God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time." (1 Peter 5:5-6)

Teach me to do the humble task

The very best I can,

And not to look for greater calls,

Which may oppose Thy plan. - Bernheisel

The mighty Architect of the universe

became the humble Carpenter of Nazereth.