Hello, friends, and welcome to A Word from the Vine. I’m Pastor Loren Christensen of Danish Countryside Chapel in Exira, Iowa, and today, as we journey through this Advent season together, I want to talk to you about humility—not ours, but Christ’s.
Let me start by reading from Philippians 2:6–7:
“Though he was in the form of God, [he] did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.”
Now, I want you to think about that for a moment. Jesus—the Son of God, fully divine, dwelling in glory beyond anything we can imagine—chose to step down. He didn’t cling to His position, His power, or His rights as God. Instead, He emptied Himself. He laid it all aside to come to us, to walk among us as a man.
And He didn’t come in splendor or wealth. He wasn’t born in a palace or greeted with fanfare. He came as a helpless baby, wrapped in rags, laid in a manger. He came to a world that didn’t deserve Him, didn’t recognize Him, and often rejected Him.
Why would He do that?
The answer, my friends, is simple yet overwhelming: love.
God loved us so much that He gave up everything for us. Not just to teach us or show us how to live, but to die for us. To take on our sin and pay the price we could never pay. That’s the depth of His humility, and it’s the depth of His love.
I want you to think about the humility it takes to let go of everything you deserve for the sake of someone else. It’s one thing to be humble when we’re forced to be, but Jesus wasn’t forced. He chose it. He willingly gave up the privileges of Heaven to save a broken world that couldn’t save itself.
And that brings us to a question for this Advent season: How can we reflect Christ’s humility in our own lives?
Maybe it’s by letting go of pride—choosing to serve others instead of expecting them to serve us. Maybe it’s by showing love to someone who doesn’t deserve it, just as Christ showed love to us when we didn’t deserve it. Maybe it’s as simple as setting aside our busyness and distractions to focus on the true meaning of this season: the coming of our humble King.
This Advent, let’s not just remember the humility of Christ—let’s live it. Let’s reflect the heart of the One who stepped down from glory to walk among us in love.
Thanks for joining me today on A Word from the Vine. Until next time, may you walk in the humility and love of our Savior.
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