Cheryl Schatz

In God’s humility, he put us first.

Romans 8:32 (NASB95)
32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

What God did for us, hurt Him, but God did not hold back from benefiting us and in that He modeled the perfect example of One who looks out for the interests of others.

Philippians 2:3–4 (NASB95)
3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

In the DVD teaching series called The Truth Project, the host says that all of God’s prohibitions model His character. Thus we are told that we should not lie, because God does not lie.

In the same way, I believe, we are told to do things that God does. God is unselfish and He models care for the interests of others. We are to be like our Father. We are to be humble because this is what models the character of God in us.

There are some who promote the Sovereignty of God to the point that they cannot allow God to be humble. An imbalanced view of the Sovereignty of God dictates to God what He can and cannot do, but this puts God in a box that we have created for Him. In contrast, God is completely free to be what He is, whether we understand it or not. He is the perfect example for us and we are instructed to grow in His image. We are to be like Him and practicing humility allows us to be like Him.