EXALT HIM
John 19

In Him there was no fault but He was faulted. He was excessively beaten, He was denied, He was disrespected, He was rejected by His people, He was moved around in pain without His will, He was misrepresented and His disciples withdrew themselves from Him. Above all, a minor lower rank officer stepped over his limitations during His trial. Once after His response to the high priest’s questioning, “And when He had said these things, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Do You answer the high priest like that?” (John 18:22) The King of kings, Lord of lords could have avoided all kinds of humiliation but he wants for us to be positioned at the juncture where humiliation will not have its way over our life. Pilate founded no fault in Him when he said to the people, “…I find no fault in Him at all.39 “But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” 40 Then they all cried again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas…” (John 18:38-40) Jesus was replaced for a criminal, a robber. Above all, He did not fight back but He fought on by drinking the cup of sin, pain, grief and every other undesirable punishment. Jesus carried the cross so we would be enabled to cross over. “And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, 18 where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. (John 19:17-18) From the time of His birth in a manger where sheep reside, to the point of death in place of a criminal, He demonstrated humility. Jesus had a set mind and it was a mind of humility. His mindset made Him an overcomer, He alone is to be magnified, and He alone is to be exalted. His mindset qualified Him for it to be impossible for Him to be victim of captivity. Also, in His grave of three days He remained as Lord of lords that could not be overthrown by the grave or death. Philippians 2:5-9, “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name.”
 
Prayer for today: Ask Him for the enablement of the mind of Christ in your life and He will do it if you desire it.