Pensamientos sobre el Verso de Hoy
"Señor, humíllanos suavemente." Es la oración favorita de un amigo mío. También me gusta. Gracias a Dios, Jesús no fue humillado suavemente. Mientras odió la agonía que tuvo que aguantar, su humildad fue hasta el extremo, audaz, drástica y atroz. Debemos tener esta misma actitud cuando debamos acercarnos a los hijos perdidos de Dios.
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.
Mi oración
Dios, eres todopoderoso y a pesar de eso te entregaste para redimirnos. Te pido que me ayudes a ser más desprendido de mí mismo y más como es Jesús. En el nombre de Cristo, oro, Amén.
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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