Pensées sur le Verset du Jour...
"Seigneur, humiliez-nous doucement." C'est l'une des prières préférées de mes amis. C'est aussi mon cas. Mais Dieu merci, Jésus n'a pas été doucement humilié. Bien que je déteste qu'il ait dû traverser l'agonie, son humilité autovidante était austère, audacieuse, drastique et scandaleuse. Mais je dois avoir la même attitude lorsqu'il s'agit d'atteindre les enfants perdus de Dieu.
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.
Ma Prière...
Dieu, tu es tout puissant et pourtant tu t'es vidé pour me racheter. Puis-je être plus désintéressé dans mon attitude et mon traitement des autres, plus comme Jésus est avec moi. Au nom du Christ, je prie. 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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