Scripture Sunday: Philippians 2: 5-11

Every Sunday on this site I will take some time to look at a passage from the Bible that I like and think is great... though they could obviously be presented by themselves without further mention, I will throw my two cents in on what the verse(s) mean to me.

Today is one of the best passages in the Bible about Jesus that we find outside of the Gospels. It is from Paul's letter to the Phillipians.

"Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,

Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found in human appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every other name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father." (Philippians 2: 5-11)

There is much to be learned from here, more than could be explored in a simple blog post.

We know that Jesus is the ultimate guide for humility. Even though he was God, he still took the form of a human person and all of the suffering that came with it. He was obedient to the will of God, even though that eventually meant that He would die on the cross.

How obedient are we to God and His will for our lives? How often do we think that we can act as God, either by our thoughts or our actual actions, when try to do things that we know are contrary to what God would want for us?

We also learn that if we do the will of God, we will be with Him in heaven. The passage says that because of Jesus' obedience, he was greatly exalted by God. If we do the will of the Lord and become the best people that we can be, we too will be rewarded by the Lord.

Do we use Jesus as our guide in our decisions?