https://odb.org/MY/2021/09/10/like-a-symphony
In Philippians 2:1-4, Paul urged the Philippians to be like minded like Christ, to do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
This concept is probably alien to most of us when we first knew Christ as we will naturally value ourselves higher than others and do things for our selfish ambitions and self interest and very rarely will we put the interests of others first. We were brought up in the world and that is exactly how the world works – what’s in it for me?
However, as we are now children of God and co-heirs with Christ, we ought to be like minded with Christ. Christ put Himself at the level of a lowest servant (though He was the King of kings and the Lord of lords) and was obedient even unto death at Calvary. He allowed Himself to be fully and totally humiliated before men and God. The Creator of mankind subjecting Himself to the torture, degradation and shame by men when He could easily have destroyed all His tormentors in an instant, a blink of an eye, is really the ultimate picture of true humility. He did that out of love and compassion for you and I, for all humanity. Endure just a bit more although it’s so painful, degrading and humiliating – for the sake of all before and after, that all may be reconciled to the Father and have life eternal, that all may be freed from the bondage of sin, the shackles of the evil one and have the scales of their eyes lifted to see salvation!
So as Christ had gone through all that for our sake and had humbled Himself to the extreme, can we not be little humble ourselves when we interact with others? Can we not think of the interests of others in all that we do and not only put our own self interest above others like before? Can we no longer conform to the pattern of the world but let our selves be transformed by the renewing of minds as in Romans 12:2? Really – what’s the point of knowing Christ and accepting Him as our Lord and Saviour if we are not one bit like Him? Did Christ die for our sins in vain if we are still stuck in our old wordly ways after accepting Him? We cannot and must not remain as we were. If we have not moved on, now and today is the time to change and be counted as one of His!
Ronnie's Thoughts 