Having the Same Mindset

 

“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus…”

—Philippians 2:5a

Attitude seems to play an ever-increasing role in the way others come to accept and respect what we have to say. In living the “Christ Life” before a needy world, our attitude can make or break our effectiveness when we tell our story of God’s grace at work in our lives.

Developing a genuine humility and a tender spirit by relying on the guidance the Holy Spirit freely gives us will materially aid us in sharing the love of God with others.

The best attitude is the one our Savior had. The Apostle Paul talks about this attitude in Philippians 2:5-11:

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

My attitude often needs adjustment. I’ll bet your attitude does, too. Let’s embrace the submissively humble attitude of our Savior and approach others with our “arms of God’s love” wide open.

 

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