Obedience (Daily Devotional)

Welcome friends, we are studying about humility from the life of Jesus. Let’s look at the passage from Philippians chapter 2, verses 5 through 8, ‘Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.’ We are talking about humility which is to walk without being arrogant, without being haughty or prideful. As we look at the life of Jesus, we have seen that though He was God, He didn’t hold onto that and boast about it. Instead, He chose to walk as a man in all His limitations and fulfill God’s purpose for His life. We truly learn from the life of Jesus, the kind of attitude we need to carry. We, as human beings, need to also be submissive to what God the Father has for us. The life of Jesus is an amazing life of obedience, it is an amazing life of submission and the authority that Jesus walked with, it flowed from this submission that He had to the Father. He was submitted to the Father in every way. If there was one person who could have been excused from a life of prayer or walking in humility, virtues, and in the power of God, it would have been the Lord Jesus because He was the very Son of God and He could have been self-willed and done whatever He pleased. It probably would have been ok; however, the Lord Jesus never disobeyed the Father. He always surrendered His will to the Father. We read in John chapter 5, verse 19, ‘Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.’ In this way, the Lord Jesus was obedient to the Father, He was completely surrendered to the Father. He was dependent on the Father and the only thing He carried in His heart was to do the will of the Father. Even at times when it was very difficult, we remember the time in the garden of Gethsemane, where He was under so much pressure that He desired that there be a different outcome of His life but He surrendered to the will of the Father and said, ‘Father, not my will but yours be done.’ Such was the obedience of Jesus that shows us the humility with which Jesus walked and humility is understood as obedience to God. No matter what our achievements are, no matter where we are in our lives, we need to walk obedient, surrendered to God and that is true humility. True humility will help us submit to God’s plans for our lives. True humility will help us walk in obedience. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, thank you for the example of Jesus. Thank you that He lived a life of obedience. We pray that you will enable us to continue in obedience and humility, in Jesus’s name we pray, Amen.

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