PHILIPPIANS 2:5

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

TO PONDER

What would happen if we treated everyone like Jesus did, if we forgive like Jesus, if we loved like Jesus, if we sacrificed like Jesus?

Today’s verse is challenging us to do just that, to live like Jesus, to walk in his footsteps (not where he walked but how he walked), to have the attitude of Jesus.

The idea communicated in the verse is so simple yet so difficult, the idea is world changing, earth shattering; to have the mindset of Christ.

I am the type of preacher who chooses a Bible translation of a chosen verse by often a single word. One of my favourite verse is 1 Samuel 14:6 and the reason is because of the word used in both the NIV and the NLT, the word is “perhaps”, “PERHAPS the Lord will help us,” (NLT), the single word communicates to me so much, desperation, doubt, trust, faith, risk and so much more.

In today’s verse I am captivated by the punctuation. The colon “:” , which is not in the original text, carries the idea of more to come, it connects ideas, introduces more, draws attention to what is to follow. For me it asks the question stated above “what would happen if…”   

What would happen if I had the same mindset of Christ:

PRAYER: Mighty Saviour Jesus, teach me to love like you, teach me to think like you, teach me to walk my everyday like you. Amen.

Today's devotion written by Danny Brock, LifeWay Newcastle