Daily DeBOtions

if you have any encouragement in being united in christ, if any comfort in his love, if any fellowship in the spirit, if any tenderness or compassion, then make my joy complete in being life-minded.  having the same love and being one in spirit and purpose.  do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit but in humility, consider everyone better than yourselves.  each of you should look not only to your own interests but to the interests of others.

your attitude should be like that of christ jesus.  who, being in very nature god, did not consider equality with god something to be grasped.  but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.  and being found int he appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross.  therefore god exalted him in the highest places and gave him the name that is above every name.  that at the name of jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth.  and every tongue will confess that jesus christ is lord.  to the glory of god the father.

some of phil 2

how we live is one thing.  how we live among other people and interact with other people is something else.  and it's quite amazing that in the sufficiency of the bible, therein lies the rules that govern how these things should work.  i think it was last summer when acacia was watching through the truth project series.  there was one particular installment that talked specifically on relationships.  mm  mi favorito.

relationships in the context of god's perfect design.  he drew 3 circles symbolizing the cyclic relationship between the divine, the church, and the family.  this wasn't new news to me, but the way he explained it and drew it out (i'm visual) made so much sense to me.

thinking about philippians 2, it makes even more sense.  your attitude should be like that of christ jesus, who being in very nature god, did not consider equality with god something to be grasped.  if that same relationship is stretched across to the church sphere, and over again to the family sphere, it's pretty clear what each of our roles are as we fit ourselves in.  as a leader, part of the flock (note sheepy), as a daughter, etc.  taking the very nature of a servant, he humbled himself and became obedient.  sounds a little backwards but when operated under this perfect design, it actually works!  therefore, god exalted him in the highest places and gave him the name above all names.  kinda like 1 thess. 5:12-13.  and kinda like prov. 31:28.

真的很奇妙..