Character Study Day 2

Philippians 2:1-11

• love
• No selfish ambition
• No vain conceit
• Humble
• Values others above Himself
• Look to the interests of others, not of yourself
• Equal with God, but did not use it to his own advantage
• "made himself nothing"...WOW.
• servant
• made in human likeness
• obedient...here, "obedient to death, even death on a cross!"
• exalted to the highest place by God
• given the name above all names
• Lord of all - "every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord..."

In the last reading I found the metaphors of "the Word", "the Light", and the story of grace granted by a God who became flesh to dwell among us, even though we did not accept or recognize Him. Christ's "light" presence is what really spoke to me with the passage in John, while what rings true with me in this passage is the humility and servant's heart that Christ possessed, even though he was equal with God! And because of his act of humbling himself and obeying God the Father "even to death on a cross", God exalted Him high above all. Rags for riches, servitude for kingship, death for life...all because of humility and obedience. Incredible.