Good afternoon, house church family. We gathered on mother’s day and discussed humility modeled after Christ, as we saw in Paul’s letter to Philippi. How do we actively model our lives after this type of perfect humility? It’s tough! We are called to pursue the unity that comes from living amongst believers. We aren’t to place ourselves above others and elevate our own importance or agendas. The only final plan here that matters is God’s plan. He has provided all that we need (and more). Every resource that we have been blessed with ultimately belongs to Him, we get to care for it for a short period of time before He nudges us to pass it on. In the beginning uprisings of Christianity we saw groups selling off their wealth to live in community and elevate one another. If the Creator of the universe could humble Himself to be a lowly son of a carpenter on earth, what gives us the right to selfishly pursue the wants of our earthly greed? The fallen world is filled with temptations of self-centeredness. I pray that the posture of our hearts is so in tune with God’s plan, that we can separate from the lure of self-want and remain unwaveringly committed to exalting Jesus, making ourselves less important, and freely distributing what God has temporarily placed in our hold.
