I'm humble, can I tell you about it

Are you humble? Do you constantly make sure that people think you are humble? Are people always commenting on how humble you are? Are the people who you associate most with humble? Can you openly sit down with the people who lead you and have their full attention?
Humility is not what we think it is. It is not thinking less of ourselves, or constantly looking humble. Paul talks about it some in Philippians 2. He states, "Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. You attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who being in the very nature of GOd did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death--even death on a cross.
You see humility is giving up things that are all about yourself to better meet the needs of those around you. Jesus gave up his equality with God His own Father to become like us. What have you given up to become like those who look up to you? Christ gave up the perfect life in heaven, to come to earth, be unrecognized by many, beaten, accused, humiliated and then crucified. What a perfect picture of humility Paul paints.
Humility isn't just being humble, it's forcing others importance on themselves. It means that when someone shares something with you, at that very moment there is nothing more important to you than their feelings. It means that whatever was on your mind, or on your agenda is meaningless at that time.
William Temple put it this way in his book, “Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself one way or the other at all.”
So I challenge you today. "Second guess Thursday" to make all of your relationships more meaningful by putting their needs and situations above that of your own and not once during the course of conversation thinking of yourself.
Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!