EGOS LIKE JESUS
Kingdom Kids devotions authorize Jesus’ LORDship over our lives.
Philippians 2:3-4: “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility, consider others better than yourselves.
“Each of you should look out not only for your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Twelve-year-old Jeremy bounced the basketball. Once. Twice. On the third bounce, his classmate Brad swiped away the basketball. “Hey! That’s my ball!” Jeremy insisted.
Brad laughed out loud defending himself, “You’re so slow, Jerm! Basketball is a FAST game. I’m not even a point guard, and I can steal your candy!” Then, Brad took off.
Jeremy chased Brad dribbling the basketball to the hoop on the other end. They chuckled while wrestling each other for possession of the basketball. Finally, Brad ripped it loose and shot a lay-up.
“Two points!” A smiling Jeremy cheered Brad’s score.
These best friends played on the neighborhood playground. Neither truly cared who won the game because each of them wants the other to be the best.
Wouldn’t life be so fun if all of us felt this way? Instead of flaunting our own athletic prowess, intelligence, or beauty, we’d all cheer for other’s victories.
That picture looks like people with egos like Jesus.
Ego [E-go] is one’s self-image. Who we think of ourselves is wrapped up in our individual personality and character. The opening Scripture snaps what the world would look like if no one fed their individual egos with sky-high self-worth. No one is “all that!” No one is the center of the universe.
Except…
Philippians 2:6-8 shows Jesus’ ego: “Who, being in the very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, “REALLY?”
“but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. “No Way!”
“And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!”
Take Home Nugget
“Ugh! I don’t want to be that!” you exclaim.
Philippians 2:9-11 shows the Father’s pride in His Son, who truly IS “all that”. Jesus is truly in the center of the universe: “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 confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
If anyone can taunt others and flaunt himself, it must be no other than Jesus! Check the lesson linked below to see where Jesus went.
Holy Father, Forgive my feeding my own ego with self-praise. Empower me to be humble, with an ego like Your Son, Jesus. Amen.
Adapted from “If Egos Went Missing” by Jason Nelson. April 18, 2018. www.TimeOfGrace.org. Your Daily Grace Moment
And
“Jesus Reigns” by Mrs. Anne Gonzalez. May10, 2018. Portals of Prayer devotional magazine. Missouri.
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