It's Who I Am

Whenever the real-you has shown itself, perhaps you've offered this explanation: "well, it's just who I am." As honest as that may be, that's never a good excuse for bad behavior! God's Word says Jesus for a little while was made "lower than the angels" ... He took on a different nature, one of humility "so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone" (Hebrews 2:9 NASB). Jesus willingly and on-purpose humbled Himself for me and for you. Octavius Winslow says "What a mighty stoop was this!" I suggest lack of humility is a widespread problem today!The putting-forth of me-myself-I seems to be the rule-of-the-day, the root cause of every conflict in the world. That my-way-or-the-highway mentality is far from the humility modeled by The Holy One, Jesus. By His humility and suffering Believers see the nature we ourselves are to possess as true disciples of Christ. To the world, of course, it will appear weak and feeble but in reality "it is no longer I who live, but Christ Who lives in me ... the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me" (Galatians 2:20 ESV). When it's His nature that shows Itself, then it's perfectly fine to say ... it's who I am!