God Came To Say: Lose Your Ego

Today I will attempt to summarize what God came to do in Jesus’ skin.

Basically I think He came to teach and model for us what we read in Micah: 

⁸ He has told you, O mortal, what is good;

   and what does the Lord require of you

but to do justice, and to love kindness,

   and to walk humbly with your God?(Mic. 6) 

I believe that Jesus did embodied doing justice, living in loving kindness and certainly walking with the greatest of humility.

However I want to tell you what I believe about, what and why, God came in Jesus skin to help us hear.  God came to make clear that the Old Testament way of being God’s children now would have a new paradigm.  A new way of being in relationship. 

  

Now the rules of a hierarchical system would be no more.  God would no longer rule from above in fire, smoke and thunder. 

There would be no games of  ‘Sin, Repent and Forgive.’

From now on it would be like this:  

Believe in Me or not. 

     Live like I would have you live.

           Loving as I love, forgiving as I forgive.  

                                                                     Or Not!

The message has never actually changed.  

Our purpose has alway been to take care of the earth, and all its living creatures and all of natural creation.  

That was/is God’s request.

Jesus lived by modeling, our intended behavior as a display of, humility and love. 

There is no room in this new paradigm  — This New Covenant —for arrogance and unkindness.  No more lording it over anyone else.   Rude and bullying behavior has no place in God’s world.

So Now lets be honest here.  None of us like the idea of being a humble servant.  

In fact, that is not at all the most popular idea in the fully human mind.

Who would honestly vote for such a personality type?

The stories about Jesus witness to that fact.  That is why He was crucified nailed to a cross.

But the uncluttered truth is like this:  We all like -- need -- being loved like Jesus loved.  We like it when we are forgiven for our gravest of mean, ugly, and evil deeds.  We enjoy it when others are kind and respectful to us.  Behavior that allows us the privilege of being tended to and listened to.

Right?

It is offering the same, kinds of behavior, in return that haunts our mind. 

Being a humble presence is often look upon as weak; and/or one with no “guts”  no backbone.

In truth humility is often look down upon.

However there it is!

It is right there, written in black and white, on the pages of the Bible.

The top best-selling book in history.  And sadly the least read book in history.

The request of the Almighty, and most gracious God: 

Love as I have loved you.