The Humility of Christ

There is nothing more humbling, challenging, and loving as the humility of Christ. I have been reading one of my favorite books again called Humility by Andrew Murray which I highly recommend. Here is a quote from his book, "It was because this humility was not only a temporary sentiment--wakened up and brought into exercise when He thought of God--but the very spirit of His whole life, that Jesus was just as humble in His fellowship with men as with the Father. He counted Himself the Servant of God for the men whom God made and loved," (Humility, p.25)

It's one thing to think about being humble before God...because God is Holy, worthy, perfect, good, love, faithful, trustworthy, and many many other things. Of course being humble before Him is completely conceiveable! However, when we think of Christ being just as humble with and before men...this is where our flesh must be crucified because we just don't get it. Humble before all men? That's what Christ was...that's who Christ IS and that's what Christ DID. Here are some passages:
"The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve..." Matthew 20:28
"If I then, your Lord and Teacher have washed your feet, so you also ought to wash one another's feet." John 13:14
"The greatest among you shall be your servant." Matthew 12:11

I love the questions that Murray leaves for thought at the end of chapter 3:
"Brother or sister, are you clothes with humility? Ask your daily life. Ask Jesus. Ask your friends. Ask the world. And begin to praise God that there is opened up to you in Jesus a heavenly humility of which you have hardly known, and through which a heavenly blessedness (which you possibly have never yet tasted) can come into you."