Thursday August 28th, 2014
Philippians 2:7 “but made Himself of no reputation,
taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.”
Reputation.
What is the first word that pops into your head when you hear the word
reputation? For me it’s what others think of me; my status. Which in our
society today, especially in the United States is pretty prominent. We are
always looking to have riches or to have the best image, or just point the
finger to three people: me, myself, and I. Jesus came down to be amongst His
people. He didn’t even make Himself equal with God, even though He is God
(which I talked about yesterday). Seriously, why do we insist on everything
being about ourselves? Talk about a slap in the face when the Savior of the
World didn’t even make a reputation of Himself or equal with God.
Bondservant. Slave by
choice. Jesus came to earth and chose to do the works and wonders He did. He
chose to walk out a life as a man and to go through the Crucifixion. He chose
to take the beating and scourging, mockery, and the weight of the world. How
can I even have the thought of “I’m giving up a year of my life to serve, oh
how marvelous and great I am”? He took lashes for me, He went through the most
excruciating death…for me. Not only did He take it all, He chose…HE CHOSE to
die. I know I’m repeating myself a lot here, but it’s just so much to fathom.
No matter how many times I hear or read the story of what Jesus went through
for me, it will never cease to amaze me.
But that is something
to always look to. The Lord chose to die for me, why can’t I take on the form
of a bondservant and choose to serve Him…without a complaint or praise to
myself or reputation? I want to serve behind the scenes, only serving the Lord.
I want to take any compliments I receive and give them to the Lord, like a
bouquet of flowers. I want my reputation to be in the Lord. When people see me,
I want them to see Jesus Christ shining through, so their eyes will be on the
Lord and not on me.
Application: The
sunshine is always such a beautiful thing and I always see God through it. So
to remember that Jesus needs to be shining through me, I will draw a sun on my
hand.
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