{"id":1267,"date":"2021-12-28T10:40:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/js1cd06kre.onrocket.site\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2021-12-28T10:40:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T15:40:59","slug":"deep-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/28\/deep-humility\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Humility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A newly promoted military officer was ecstatic to discover that he had just merited his first private office.

On his first day on the job, he sat down in his chair and surveyed his desk, his bookshelves, and his very own telephone. 

A moment later, as he looked out his window, he noticed a private heading his direction. 

As the private came to his door he picked up the phone and gushed, \u201cThat\u2019s right, Mr. President, I couldn\u2019t agree with you more.  And just as soon as I find the time I\u2019ll ring up the joint chiefs and assess their opinions about our strategies concerning China and the Middle East.  See you at dinner this evening, sir.\u201d 

With that he slammed down the phone, looked up at the private, and sighed, \u201cNow, what do you <\/em>want?\u201d

\u201cI\u2019m sorry to disturb you, sir,\u201d said the private, \u201cbut I was just dispatched by maintenance to come over and hook up your new phone.\u201d

If we don\u2019t humble ourselves, we may be quite sure that somebody or something else will take care of the job for us.

Philippians 2:5-11 is one of the Bible\u2019s \u201cdeep humility\u201d texts. 

The apostle Paul writes, \u201cIn 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 human being, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death \u2013 even death on a cross.\u201d

Why should we be humble?  God is humble<\/em>.

God\u2019s decision to quietly become one of us<\/em> \u2013 instead of putting on a celestial light show for the ages \u2013 reveals that he values humility over displays of power.

Which is something for us to remember the next time we\u2019re tempted to call our own number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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