Attitude
“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ
Jesus: Who, being in very nature 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!”
-Philippians 2:5-8
So if we want to deepen our discipleship it starts with attitude. We must adjust our attitude to reflect surrender to Jesus. We should seek to love Jesus and live with passion for Jesus. If we do that we will have the right attitude to allow our discipleship through connecting, growing, serving, and giving to flow out of our lives. If we are having trouble with living out the characteristics of a disciple then we need to return to the basics. We need to discover whether our love for Jesus has grown cold. We need to return to abiding in Christ. We can reform our attitude by abiding in Christ through a deeper relationship and intimacy with God. It’s us having the kind of relationship with Jesus that he has with the Father — he shows us this divine life in the Gospels and provided our access to this through his cross and his resurrection. Jesus’ word for this divine intimacy is abide. By abiding in Christ we remember that God is the source of everything in our lives. And this will help us change our attitude.
