It's not about equal rights

After Philippians 2:1-11 

It’s not about equal rights

or position; it’s not about 

equality with God.

Self is demanding;

set it aside.

We have the example:

the One who stepped down,

who became a servant,

who set self aside,

who assumed the likeness

of man, who humbled

himself, who became

obedient even to death,

The emptying, the descent,

the obedience led

to exaltation, the giving

of the name above

all names.

 

Photograph by Katherine Conrad via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

When Ball Becomes Baal – Jim Elliff at Christian Communicators Worldwide.

 

“Ode on Solitude,” poem by Alexander Pope – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.

 

“The Orange,” poem by Wendy Smith – Andrew Roycroft at New Grub Street.

 

John Wesley’s Life-Changing Conversion Experience – Jason Clark at This Is the Day.