Date: December 1, 2013 9:39 PM
Topic: +DEV+ Our Humble King
Our Humble King
"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, taking the very nature of a servant humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross!" (Philippians 2:5-8)
Scripture Focus: Matthew 18:1-14;
Galilee is a beautiful sea and is surrounded with biblical history. There and in nearby towns Jesus chose fishermen to follow Him, taught parables, performed miracles, walked on water, and calmed a violent storm. But it was also an area that was looked down on by many Jews.
Isaiah prophesied that God would "honor Galilee of the Gentiles" (9:1). To devout Jews this didn't make sense. The people of Galilee were considered poor, uneducated, and unclean. Why, then, would God honor Galilee and not Jerusalem, the center of Jewish worship?
God did not need fanfare to redeem us. Choosing for the Savior to arrive in the lowliness of Bethlehem's leftover accommodations showed that. Could there have been a more humble way for Mary's miracle baby to arrive? When God sent His Son, we saw the full scope of His love through Jesus' humility. Only true humility would empty Himself of all that was rightfully His, wash His disciples' feet, hang on the cross for the sin of a thief next to Him. And only true meekness would do that for you and me.
Insight: Jesus, our humble king, would be born in a most humble way, live in a most humble place, and die on a most humble cross.
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