This is a true story. A college student named Bill was a new Christian. One Sunday he visited a church near campus. He walked in barefoot and was wearing a T-shirt and jeans. The service had already started, so he walked down the aisle looking for a seat. Finding none, he sat down cross-legged on the floor – right in front of the pulpit!

The congregation became noticeably uneasy. Then, from the back of the church, an elderly deacon got up and with his cane slowly made his way to the front. Every eye followed him. As the old gentleman approached Bill, he dropped his cane and with great effort lowered himself and sat down beside him so the young man wouldn’t have to worship alone.

Paul wrote that Christ, being equal with God, set aside His reputation, and became obedient unto death – the ultimate act of humility. When we learn to think as Jesus thought, we see people through the same eyes as that godly deacon.

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5).

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