Thurs.’s Devo -Humility

Read Ro. 15:1-13 When Jesus came down to earth to live as a man he humbled himself to do that. He chose to give up all the comforts and privileges and freedoms of heaven to be constrained by time, limited by lack, and limited by his humanity. He chose to bear the infirmities of the weak, take the criticism and persecution and finally die a very violent death. He chose to become weak that we might grow to be strong. That is what we as mature Christians need to do. Sometimes it is better to hold back and not share all our “knowledge”. Sometimes it is better to restrain from a freedom to keep another Christian accountable. Jesus chose to come to earth to identify with us so that we could identify with him. We need to show that kind of humility with our brothers and sisters. Being humble doesn’t make us weak, it just makes us like Jesus who’s the strongest of all. God wants us to be of one mind and one mouth in our praise to God. He isn’t interested in a hierarchy, he’s interested in us becoming one. The Jews felt like they were the hierarchy and the Gentiles were below them, but Paul was trying to set the score even. He points out prophecy in the Old Testament that includes the Gentiles in worshiping God. Isaiah prophecies that Jesus is going to come forth and reign over the Gentiles and they were going to trust in him. Paul ends with a great admonition. Let’s make this our prayer today: May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing, that we may superabound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Amen!