Have you said something like, “How dare you talk down to me?” If so, stop. And here’s why.
I know there’s not a single person on Earth who can talk down to me.
And I want you to know that truth for yourself, too. But you first have to realize no other human being on the planet can actually condescend to you? Or to anyone else for that matter. No matter what the perception is in this world, you are equal in value to anyone.
Notice I said “value.” Not position. Of course, if you work for someone, their position is higher than yours. After all, they hired you. They pay you. But all you would need to do, to reverse that, is hire yourself and run your own business. All this has nothing to do with your value.
You’re created in the image and likeness of God.
I hope you get the full impact of that. I’m talking about God. The One who spoke words and the whole universe exploded into existence. And He didn’t create any other living thing on the planet in His image and likeness. Only humans. And He gave US “dominion” over all the other creatures.
That makes you and me pretty unique. Right? Eggzackly!
So, you could say God had a condescending attitude when He lowered Himself to become a man and take the punishment for our sins. He had always existed, in eons past, as a non-corporeal or spirit being. He wasn’t confined by the constraints of flesh and bone.
Still, He was willing to live as we live and deal with the temptations in this world. And even die a horrible death for something He didn’t do. All so you and I could avoid eternal death and all the consequences of sin.
In other words, God made the way for you and me to have eternal life. And He didn’t just talk down to me and you. He had his Son condescend from His position as the untouchable God who became a physical, skin and bones man. He became Jesus.
I encourage you to take a little time to read the accounts of how Jesus died. It’s pretty hard to take. But it fully shows how completely He loves you. Once you take the information into your heart, I’m convinced you’ll be like me. Grateful, eternally, to have God talk down to me.
Here’s a song I wrote about it. It’s called…
Consequential Servitude
God looked down on me…He knew I was wrong
Usurped my position I held for so long
Yeah, He just took over…where my brain left off
He knew it was risky…He knew they’d all scoff
Sometimes I’m so stupid, and so often blind…
Trade reason for feelings; mistakes underlined
And so again; I behold the outer man
Through God’s condescending attitude,
And I defer to the perfect Architect
And this consequential servitude
He spirals His thoughts…through my barricade
He knows I am feeble…yet hands me His blade
And He tells me to rise up…from my Phoenix blight
He builds me a fortress of conquering Light
When my clay is brittle…and crumbles to sand
I long to be putty…in my Master’s hand…
And then I can behold the inner man
Through God’s condescending attitude
Because He chose me as His dwelling place
I choose this consequential servitude
There were no incantations, no hallelujah chorus
He succumbed to His detractors; withstood an inquisition…
And then commended His spirit, relinquished His position,
And then He died a death that was for us!
Repeat 1st verse and 2nd chorus…end
© 2001 & 2008-09 Tony Funderburk
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