Beyond the Weekend: Spaces
Where does God meet us? Throughout Scripture, he meets his people in real places—mountains, deserts, seas, and the temple. Each place teaches us something about who he is. Join us for The Places Where God Meets Us, a six-week series exploring how these spaces point forward to Jesus, the one who meets us still.
Growing in Humility
During the Spaces series, Beyond the Weekend will preview the coming weekend’s message rather than looking back at the previous one—mirroring our group curriculum and helping prepare our hearts for the upcoming sermon. This week, that means looking ahead to The Road.
Read: Philippians 2:6-8 | Listen: Philippians 2
“Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!” Philippians 2:6–8
Paul writes from a prison cell, chained for the same gospel he once tried to destroy. The believers in Philippi face opposition too, threatened from outside and battling division within their own church body. Into that pressure, Paul doesn’t call them to fight harder or defend themselves. He points them to Jesus, who left heaven’s glory and walked the hardest road imaginable, all the way to a cross. If anyone had the right to self-promotion, it was Jesus. Instead, he emptied himself to serve his people and obey the Father. His humility becomes the church’s example for every hard road they’ll walk.
Humility goes against the grain of our culture, which prizes self-promotion and personal branding. Growing in Christlikeness means choosing a different way. It might look like a parent admitting shortcomings to their kids, staying quiet at work instead of grabbing credit for a shared win, or meeting a need before anyone asks. Pride assumes we deserve recognition. Humility celebrates someone else’s success as if it were our own. Pride puts ourselves first, but humility serves others above ourselves. As we depend on Jesus and follow his example, we grow more like him and show the watching world what he is like.
TODAY: Ask God to help you grow in humility this week, remembering it’s about becoming more like Jesus. Reflect on his worthiness by listening to Ada Bible Worship as they sing “All Hail King Jesus.”
