The Lowly King

Can you imagine?  The creator of all things, the sky, the earth, the animals, the atoms which compose the straw which he lay upon.  Does it not confound you?  Love Himself was sent to earth, not as the king and creator He was/is, but as a helpless baby whose parents are human.  Can you imagine rejecting your Lord and Saviour because you had no room in your house or inn?  Thousands and thousands of of people continue to flood the small city.  Those who can, camp outside of the city, those who were early have rooms, But God is given a place in a stable next to an inn.  Meanwhile, the sky proclaims his arrival to the world as Angels sing to shepherds, and the stars align to fulfill ancient prophecy.

From the start He was humble, He didn't come as a king, but a sacrifice, a servant.  Let us imitate His humility, his servant's heart.


Philippians 2:

⁵ In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
 ⁶ Who, being in very nature^[a] God,
   did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; ⁷ rather, he made himself nothing
   by taking the very nature^[b] of a servant,
   being made in human likeness. ⁸ And being found in appearance as a man,
   he humbled himself
   by becoming obedient to death—
      even death on a cross!