Being Human is Lame?

Time: 8:00 am
Place: Sorrento's - Redmond Ridge
What: Study, Pray, Think, Write
Who: Me
iPod: nothing, just helps me focus

I have been studying Philippians lately. It has been a couple weeks and I am only in chapter 2. There is so much in this book to chew on and process. What a great chunk of the Bible.

Well today I made it through an entire passage! Six whole verses!! I just had to keep reading, it was so good. Take a second and read Phil 2:5-11.

It starts off tasty with this command: "Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself." Sweet, think of myself as powerful, incredible teacher, able to walk on water, perform miracles, best discipler ever, able to clear a temple courtyard with a single whip, all around spiritual giant!! Then as we read on we see what Paul is really saying. Basically he tells us Jesus was humble, obedient and a servant. He was willing and able to maintain that all the way to death. He had everything, equality with God! Yet he humbled himself. The part that honestly made me giggle was verse 8 - he became human, in the message it says "this was an incredibly humbling experience." It was a humbling thing to become one of us. Yet sometimes we get so caught up in ourselves, when in honesty, without him, we are nothing.

God has been hitting me with this concept of humilty and motives time and time again. Mark Batterson addressed it in his blog recently. It makes me wonder if he is trying to get something accross to me.

I am finding that true godly confidence comes when calling and gifting fall into alignment. When we hear his voice, obey and experience his empowering to do the work he has called us to do.

He will use you. Are you listening? Have you humbled yourself? Are you being obedient? Are you serving? God will empower you to be the spiritual giant that he created you to be! You will have an influence in peoples lives like you have never seen before.