Humble Beast

Today's sermon was about humility, the humility of Jesus. The passage came from Philippians 2:1-18, feel free to search it up yourself. Humility is essentially putting others above yourself...and Jesus was the ultimate humble beast. He humbled His perfect self and took the cross for all of us. I don't wanna get all preachy on you guys cuz you reading this may or may not be religious. But it was just a good reminder to myself...that not everything is about me  To try to understand what it means to put others and others' needs above my own. Sometimes we put ourselves on too high of a pedestal...oh I'm a great guy, any girl would be lucky to date me...oh I'm a smart kid, any company would be lucky to hire me, Humility is about lowering yourself...not thinking so highly of yourself...you don't have to put yourself down...but someone who's really good at something like basketball for example doesn't need to constantly let everyone know about it you know. To me, being a humble beast is being a BEAST at whatever you do...sports, music, school...but being humble, not bragging, but going about it like you've been there before you know. In today's society where pride and being on top and egos and boasting reign supreme...it's hard to be humble...to lower yourself and put others above yourself. We all wanna be praised...but we aren't willing to praise others and give others the glory. I mean...allow me to be preachy again if you will...but Jesus...who was perfect in every single way...lowered himself to  the lowliest of positions...washing his disciples' feet, being stoned and rejected and being crucified. The title of the set of verses is called imitating Christ's humility...to think...trying to put this into today's perspective...it's like if Obama decided he didn't wanna live in the white house....instead he wanted to live like a regular person, eat with and like us regular people you now...lowering himself. It's not an accurate representation but I hope you get it. I know it's hard...cuz we all have things we're good at...and we all wanna be noticed and appreciated...but being humble is a true sign of maturity and success...to be confident. comfortable and content with and in who you are...not being dependent on the opinions of others...being humble is to lower yourself...but to also understand your true value...not needing reassurance you know.