Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 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, (Philippians 2:4-6 ESV)
Humility
I once had a conversation with an honest arrogant man. He declared that he wanted to be humble, that he knew that he should be humble, that he could see that being humble would give rise to blessings. But he said:
“I just can’t do it. I can’t be humble.”
It IS hard to be humble.
But perhaps if that man had better understood Jesus, he might have been able to grasp humility.
Jesus Himself, alone among people, had every right to be proud, arrogant, and self-centered. But instead He chose humility. He chose to put the interests of others above His own.
And we can follow Him. He gives us His example. And He empowers us to imitate Him. No one else, nothing else, no other way gives His people an avenue to amazing humility.
I know it is amazing because Jesus did it. I know it is a blessing because Jesus did it. I know it is admirable because Jesus did it.
Jesus alone did it.
And only with our eyes only on Him, can we be humble.