Date: Sunday, April 8, 2012
Message: Power of Pride Vs. Power of Humility
Entry: Easter Sunday 2012
Lord, you took from the Garden of Eden the original sin of
pride and turned it upside down and inside out through your cross and resurrection. By the cross you showed us that the power of pride does not work. You modeled a new power by becoming the least, broken, suffering, poor and ultimately,
the humble. You showed us that the power of
humility is the opposite of the power of pride. You single-handedly redeemed all of humankind from its original sin of haughtiness and arrogance that separated us from God and from each other. Until you modeled a new way, we were enemies of one another and of God.
Lord, therefore God has highly exalted you and bestowed upon you the
name that is above every other name. By
the resurrection you defined a different kind of power. One that is not based on
manipulation, deceit and authoritative control of others. No, you showed that although you are all-powerful,
your muscle does not come from a place of pride but is born out of humility and
brokenness.
Lord, thank you for speaking to us this Easter message.
Brother Joseph +
"Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not deem
equality with God something to be grasped at. But rather he emptied himself, taking the form of
a slave, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human likeness, he humbled himself and became obedient
to the point of death—even death on a
cross. Therefore God highly exalted him bestowing upon him the name that is above every
other name, so that at the name of Jesus, every knee must bow in heaven and on
earth and under the earth, and every tongue proclaim to the glory of God the Father, that Jesus Christ is Lord." Philippians 2:5-11
