While studying Philippians 2:1-11 for our Sunday night teaching time, I came across an excellent quote from John Calvin contrasting Christ’s humility with our own.
Christ’s humility consisted in his abasing himself from the highest pinnacle of glory to the lowest ignominy: our humility consists in refraining from exalting ourselves by a false estimation. He gave up his right: all that is required of us is, that we do not assume to ourselves more than we ought.
Simply put, Christ’s humility was shown by emptying himself of his glory while our humility is shown in not filling ourselves with glory. If there was ever a reason to center my life on the gospel, this is it because my heart is riddled with conceit (vain glory) though I am adept in hiding it well. Only the gospel can reveal the true nature of my heart and forgive and cleanse me of that vain glory so that I can “glory” in Christ. With that thought in mind, there is a wonderful children’s storybook aimed at teaching this very truth to children called, Fool Moon Rising. I heartily recommend it as the truths of the book come home to me every time I read it to Jackson. If you click on the link you can actually read the entire book online before you purchase it.
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