Jesus prayed, “All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.” (John 17:10 NKJV)
How was Jesus glorified? The Bible is pretty clear that Jesus was glorified through service, sacrificial love, and eventual death on the cross.
In Philippians 2:5-9 Paul said that Jesus “emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave.” He reminded Christians that Jesus “humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death… Therefore God also highly exalted Him.” Paul suggests that we ought to have the same mind, attitude, and disposition as Christ…
Jesus is glorified in us inasmuch as we imitate His self-sacrificial love. If we want to grow spiritually, our lives must be all about dying to self, sacrificing self for our brothers and sisters, emptying ourselves, and taking the form of servants.
That is how the world will know that we belong to Jesus. That is how Jesus is glorified in us. But it’s certainly not easy.
-- Derek Maul in “Get Real: a Spiritual Journey for Men”
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