Fellow Faith Believers,
Let this mindset be in you, the very same mindset of Christ Jesus.
Who, being in the form of GOD, thought it not robbery to be equal with GOD. But made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. - Philippians 2:5-8
Who, being in the form of GOD, thought it not robbery to be equal with GOD. But made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. - Philippians 2:5-8
Even though Jesus was in essence the Son of GOD,
He relinquished all rights, all privileges and all power
to become utterly and completely human.
To identify with us so completely, that something as alien to GOD as death,
might be His common lot with us.
He relinquished all rights, all privileges and all power
to become utterly and completely human.
To identify with us so completely, that something as alien to GOD as death,
might be His common lot with us.
This has implications for when we pray, “Yours is the power,”
because it is clear that Jesus had to pray to find out what GOD the Father wanted.
because it is clear that Jesus had to pray to find out what GOD the Father wanted.
Jesus, like us, had to pray to access the resources and the power of
heaven.
Jesus, out of necessity and based on His self-humiliation in
becoming a human, was required to seek for “the kingdom to come and the will to
be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Just as we should do. And when the Father spoke
a hard word requiring submission to a greater will; Jesus, just like us, had to
choose to submit.
Jesus was, and is, the model of our ability to access the
power of GOD. Just like Jesus, we can receive what the Father has for us through
the only means available to Him and to us. Submission to the Divine Will, as GOD
speaks to us in the two-way communication called “prayer.”
And when the tasks of the day were done,
and GOD had moved through His existence
in a sovereign, powerful way;
Jesus, as He taught the disciples, most likely declared to the Father
that “the kingdom, the power and the glory are Yours!”
and GOD had moved through His existence
in a sovereign, powerful way;
Jesus, as He taught the disciples, most likely declared to the Father
that “the kingdom, the power and the glory are Yours!”
This declaration makes clear that GOD did it by His power alone,
and that Jesus’ power was the power of submission to GOD the Father.
and that Jesus’ power was the power of submission to GOD the Father.
~~ A Plea-ful Prayer ~~
Lord Jesus Christ
Son of the Living GOD
Teach me to love and obey the Father
as You did in Your humanity!
Help me to be willing to submit my mind, my emotions and
the activity of my life to His power.
Power accessible to me through
the divine relationship of prayer!
Lord Jesus Christ
Son of the Living GOD
Teach me to love and obey the Father
as You did in Your humanity!
Help me to be willing to submit my mind, my emotions and
the activity of my life to His power.
Power accessible to me through
the divine relationship of prayer!
In Your Holy Name,
Amen
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