Philippians 2:5
This Mind

To be a man to most of us is to get to a higher place.
We do not consider humility our path in life to trace.
Oh, there may be some times when it pays to take a lower seat –
But usually we want to be known for accomplishing a great feat.

The radically different mind of Christ is a beacon of bright light,
To those who follow Him but often don’t think things right.
Though He was high yet He was willing to think like a man –
Apart from sin so we may know how He thought, so we can.

Mind and attitude go together, what one does the other follows.
When mind is high then attitude is too in all he does allow.
If attitude is haughty, then mind begins to think it’s true.
And both together form the pattern of what I think and do.

So I need an example as to how thing ought to be.
Christ Jesus is the only one who models this to me.
His attitude and mind were joined and worked the same.
There never was in His life here a cause for any blame.

I want this mind and attitude to claim a hold on me.
I pray there would be something Christ-like that other folks can see.
I realize this only can happen if I will think like Him.
When I read the scriptures, I must pay good heed to them.