MIND OF CHRISTPhilippians 2

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ÒLet this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.Ó (Philippians 2:5) Do you wonder what kind of mind was in Jesus Christ? What a man says is what he is and what he is relates to what he says. Jesus is love. Love cannot be determined by only what you give because man can give without love, but no one can love without giving. JesusÕ unconditional love is the indication of love that is genuine. How have you loved? Has your love been generated based on what you want to get from your proclaimed love? The mind of Christ is love and when love becomes our inside, we are set for great exploits. God does not lie and He will not lie. His word is true and amen. When loving all men becomes of our mind, GodÕs presence will not depart from us in every area of life. The kind of love that operates as the mind of Christ Jesus is that of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8: ÒLove suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.Ó The love of Jesus is not the kind that you operate today and not tomorrow. The love of Jesus does not go by emotion neither can it fail. His love is with compassion and it is always constant and consistent. In the mind of Jesus, there is no burden and yoke. The only kind of yoke in Him is an easy yoke and easy burden and that is why He encouraged in Matthew 11:28-29, ÒCome to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your soulsÓ. A loving heart will not experience yoke or burden that is heavy. To love cannot be separated from being humble. The evidence of lack of humility in the life of a man is a demonstration of love that cannot be qualified as the mind of Christ Jesus. It is clearly stated in Philippians 2:8, ÒAnd being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.Ó It takes a genuine unconditional love; a love that does not complain to lay down His life. You cannot love without humility and without being humble, love cannot become of your mind. Pray and ask for the mind of Christ Jesus to become of you.