Gedanken zum Vers des Tages
“Herr, demütige uns behutsam.” Das ist ein Lieblingsgebet von einem meiner Freunde. Ich mag es auch. Aber Gott sei Dank, dass Jesus nicht sanft gedemütigt wurde. Auch wenn ich es bedauere, dass er diese Qual durchleiden musste, denn seine Selbsterniedrigung war krass, mutig, drastisch und empörend. Aber auch ich sollte die gleiche Haltung haben, wenn es darum geht, die verlorenen Kinder Gottes zu erreichen.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
"Lord, humble us gently." That is one of my friends' favorite prayer requests. I like it, too. I want to be humbled, but not humiliated. Thank God, however, Jesus was willing to be humbled, but not gently humbled. He humbled himself and became obedient to death — even death on a cross!He was willing to be humiliated to save us! I hate that he went through such agony. I grieve that his self-emptying humility was stark, brutal, drastic, humiliating, and outrageous. Jesus' self-sacrificing love challenges me to have the same attitude as he had! Jesus' example challenges me to examine what I am willing to give up and endure to forgive those who have wounded me. I am humbled by Jesus' love for me, so I ask myself what I am willing to do to serve and reach others who are lost.
Mein Gebet
Gott, du bist allmächtig und dennoch hast du dich entäußert, um mich zu erlösen. Möge ich selbstloser in meiner Haltung und im Umgang mit den anderen sein — eben mehr so, wie Jesus es mir gegenüber ist. Im Namen Christi bete ich. Amen.
My Prayer...
God, you are all-powerful, and yet you emptied yourself to redeem me. May I be more selfless in my attitude and treatment of others, more like Jesus has been with me. Dear ^LORD,^ I need an infusion, a special empowering of the Holy Spirit, so I can be humble and live before others with the same self-emptying "love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control" as the Spirit transforms to be more like my Savior.* In Christ Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
* Galatians 5:22-23; 2 Corinthians 3:18.
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