– Scripture:

                Gotta Get Humble

If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart if you care then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.

                          Philippians 2:1–4 MSG

Key Verse – Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.

 – Reflection:

Let’s first get straight on what “getting humble” is not. It’s not trying to think poorly of ourselves or denigrating ourselves or anything like that. It involves taking the focus off ourselves. Getting humble is checking our tendency to think of ourselves as better than others or more important, valuable, worthy of time, mindshare, or respect. Getting humble is shutting down our tendency to “size people up” and position them on some scale based on money, title, education, where they live, whatever. Being humble means recognizing all people as the careful works of God, equally worthy of love and sacrifice.

Where do we go from here?

Practice getting humble. Choose something this week: initiate a conversation and listen way more than you talk; serve in a way that you actually have no interest, or is difficult (unpleasant, even); help someone anonymously; give someone the credit they deserve (even if you deserve some too).

Our Prayer for Today

Father, thank you for keeping us in a space where we are able to be humble and helpful to our community. It is in our best regard to help others to become more, so that the community then town, then the city is stronger and able to lift you up GOD in praise. I am thankful for being under your covenant (umbrella). Amen