Laying Down My Pride

"So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.  Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. " Philippians 2:1-7

He made himself nothing.  The God of the universe came to earth and made himself nothing- taking the very nature of a servant.

As I said in my last post, I have been twice as involved at Taylor this year in comparison to last year.  Taking on more responsibility, has been something I've really wanted to do this year.  I love being able to get involved and enjoy experiences and time with people.  But I must admit, I have also loved the image of being thoroughly involved.  For some reason, I feel like I need to impress others by all of the things I am involved in.  For some reason, I feel like taking on more responsibility makes me somehow "above" other people.

This is only one of the ways that I find myself thinking that I am "above" others.  I've save you the details of my pride issues, as they will honestly be very embarrassing to me.

Over this wing retreat, God opened my eyes once again to this huge problem of pride that I have.  He showed me that my assumptions about people are completely wrong.  He showed me that my attitude in my leadership positions is completely wrong.  My opportunities to serve aren't being used to serve others, rather, I'm using those things to serve myself.  How disgusting is that.

Through Christ, I am laying down my pride.
I am taking up humility and a servant's heart,
and I am following the example of Jesus Christ.

Open my eyes.
Convict me.
Change me.
Use me.

God is good.