Imitating Christ's Humility
Philippians 2
(v. 4) "Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."
My Thoughts
In Paul's letter to the Philippians, he tells us that we should imitate Christ. If you have a sibling, you've probably dealt with them mimicking you, either what you say or what you're doing or both, or you've done it yourself. Annoying right? Even if you were the one doing it, you know (now, hopefully) that it's annoying. Sometimes people will do this to one another to mock them or to annoy them. Sometimes though, especially with a younger sibling, they do this because they want to be exactly like. It's like a show of affection or that they look up to you. So next time your younger sibling does this, don't get annoyed or upset with them, maybe laugh it off, have fun with them!
The way we should imitate Christ is not in an annoying way, and not even to try to play His 'character'. You know people get into character for different things, even wear costumes. That's not how we do this. We imitate Christ by aligning our hearts with His and filling our minds with holy thoughts. You can't always just go around healing people and bringing the dead back to life or walk on water. These things aren't impossible if you have God, but it's not what Christ expects of us. He just expects us to follow Him and His ways, like a master and apprentice kind of thing.
Wouldn't it be just such an amazing thing for someone to mistake you for Jesus? That would be cool! It would be just like someone mistaking you for a celebrity, only better! You could be Jesus to somebody. Jesus is in you, He is in your heart, so if someone mistakes you for Him, they aren't totally off because they would be seeing Jesus in you and through you. This is what can happen when you align your heart and mind and spirit with that of Jesus, and it is a very good thing.
Go out and do something for someone else this week. Be completely self-less. Give help to someone, have a chat and make their day, encourage, comfort, or think of something you could do for someone else that is totally for them and for God. It doesn't have to be something huge, remember that the small things matter too.
The way we should imitate Christ is not in an annoying way, and not even to try to play His 'character'. You know people get into character for different things, even wear costumes. That's not how we do this. We imitate Christ by aligning our hearts with His and filling our minds with holy thoughts. You can't always just go around healing people and bringing the dead back to life or walk on water. These things aren't impossible if you have God, but it's not what Christ expects of us. He just expects us to follow Him and His ways, like a master and apprentice kind of thing.
Wouldn't it be just such an amazing thing for someone to mistake you for Jesus? That would be cool! It would be just like someone mistaking you for a celebrity, only better! You could be Jesus to somebody. Jesus is in you, He is in your heart, so if someone mistakes you for Him, they aren't totally off because they would be seeing Jesus in you and through you. This is what can happen when you align your heart and mind and spirit with that of Jesus, and it is a very good thing.
Go out and do something for someone else this week. Be completely self-less. Give help to someone, have a chat and make their day, encourage, comfort, or think of something you could do for someone else that is totally for them and for God. It doesn't have to be something huge, remember that the small things matter too.
Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do. Thanks for reading, Godbless!
Awesome! This is something all need to remember and portray. To have Christ in you and to show that is an awesome thing!
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