Reading from Andrew Murray's book, Humility...
The creature's... chief care, its highest virtue, its only happiness... is to present itself an empty vessel, in which God can dwell and manifest His power and goodness.
In heaven He (Jesus) humbled Himself to become a man. The humility we see in Him possessed Him in heaven; it brought Him, He brought it, from there. Here on earth "He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death;" His humility gave His death its value and so became our redemption...
When the creature ... consents to be with his will, his mind and his affections, the form, the vessel in which the life and glory of God are to work and manifest themselves, he sees that humility is simply acknowledging the truth of his position as creature and yielding to God His place.
It is appropriate at this Christmas season to reflect upon... this amazing humility demonstrated by Christ in coming to this planet as baby... existing as a man and dying for me.
Asking myself how regularly and consistently I yield and consent to be a vessel for God's goodness and power to shine??
Thank you Father for the gift of Jesus and His humility!!
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