A popular phrase used to denote when someone was being difficult was "They copped and attitude." It was not meant in a complementary fashion. What if instead they copped the attitude of Jesus? The possibilities....
The attitude of Christ Jesus. What does it mean to you? Is it one of He is God, he knows it, and makes no bones about it? That would not be in keeping with what we know of Jesus. Was it an I do not care about your problems attitude? Again, that would miss the mark. What we do know is that even though he was God, He humbled himself. Came down to earth. Lived among us. He served rather than being served. He was obedient unto death on the cross. And He died for the salvation of all mankind. That is the attitude of Jesus. Humility exemplified. That is the behavior to emulate.
That is not an attitude our world today embraces on the whole. It is more of a self-serving what is in it for me type of world. There are instances of service, with love in mind and no expectation of exultation, for sure. But they seem to be few and far between. That makes a humble attitude stand out. Want to make a statement, be humble to all.
PRAYER: Father, we are by and large prideful. We do not typically remember to be humble. We know that we should, and struggle. Lord, help us to remember that Your Son was humble in his nature. We ask for the Holy Spirit to fill us with the faith to be humble in all that we do. We ask this in the name of Him who was humble even unto death on the cross for all mankind. Amen.
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