February 24th, 2026
by Ryan McAllister
by Ryan McAllister
Philippians 2:5–11
"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 emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Jesus is God. Few statements are more profound (or more unsettling to modern ears) than this: the man, Jesus of Nazareth, is the supreme Lord of the universe. Yet this same Jesus was also truly man. As the Chalcedonian Creed confesses, He is “truly God and truly man… like us in all respects, apart from sin.” Jesus is God. Jesus is man. Glory to God.
Another striking, though more welcome to modern sensibilities, truth about Christ is this: Jesus is humble. But this is no soft humility of mere temperament, it is the humility of God Himself who condescended to save sinners.
Biblical humility is not self-deprecation or weakness. It is a truthful, sober understanding of oneself before the Lord. For Christ—who is the Lord—humility meant the voluntary veiling of His divine glory (not the surrender of His divinity) in the weakness of human flesh. If anyone could claim visible glory, it was Him. Yet He “did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.”
Unlike our first parents, who grasped at equality with God, Christ (who truly possessed equality with God) laid aside His glory and became like us. Why? Not from selfish ambition, but from love. He looked not to His own interests, but to ours. He humbled Himself to the point of death, even death on a cross. The Lord of Life, beaten and broken, His blood poured out for the forgiveness of sins.
And yet we hesitate to serve. We resist lowering ourselves. We bristle at what feels beneath us. During these weeks, may we look to Christ’s humility and ask Him to shape ours. May we consider others more significant than ourselves. May we willingly serve. And may our small acts of obedience reflect the great humility of our Savior.
"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 emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Jesus is God. Few statements are more profound (or more unsettling to modern ears) than this: the man, Jesus of Nazareth, is the supreme Lord of the universe. Yet this same Jesus was also truly man. As the Chalcedonian Creed confesses, He is “truly God and truly man… like us in all respects, apart from sin.” Jesus is God. Jesus is man. Glory to God.
Another striking, though more welcome to modern sensibilities, truth about Christ is this: Jesus is humble. But this is no soft humility of mere temperament, it is the humility of God Himself who condescended to save sinners.
Biblical humility is not self-deprecation or weakness. It is a truthful, sober understanding of oneself before the Lord. For Christ—who is the Lord—humility meant the voluntary veiling of His divine glory (not the surrender of His divinity) in the weakness of human flesh. If anyone could claim visible glory, it was Him. Yet He “did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.”
Unlike our first parents, who grasped at equality with God, Christ (who truly possessed equality with God) laid aside His glory and became like us. Why? Not from selfish ambition, but from love. He looked not to His own interests, but to ours. He humbled Himself to the point of death, even death on a cross. The Lord of Life, beaten and broken, His blood poured out for the forgiveness of sins.
And yet we hesitate to serve. We resist lowering ourselves. We bristle at what feels beneath us. During these weeks, may we look to Christ’s humility and ask Him to shape ours. May we consider others more significant than ourselves. May we willingly serve. And may our small acts of obedience reflect the great humility of our Savior.
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