Crossbridge is doing a series called "Inversion." They are going through the book of Philippians and the series title is based on the metaphorical concept of reversing or inverting the world and our lives. If God created a perfect world, then when sin came along, that perfect world was flipped upside-down. So we as Christians now have to walk against the force of gravity, swim up-current, push when the world says pull, etc. Basically what the world needs is an "inversion," it needs to be flipped right-side-up. We are called to go against the flesh. These ideas are counter-intuitive to the way we normally look at things. Are our desires and ambitions based on helping us or helping others? Are we more concerned with elevating ourselves or do we have the faith to do God's will knowing He will do the elevating? Do we take the glory or do we give it to God?
"If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." -Philippians 2:1-4
"But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first." -Matthew 19:30
Inversion
What if we’ve been upside down?
We were born with our feet in a cloud.
We require an inversion, a reversal of our ways.
What if our hearts are overturn?
We need the opposite of what we yearn.
We require an inversion, a reversal of our ways.
What if our thoughts are backward?
We follow falsehoods leaving truth torn.
We require an inversion, a reversal of our ways.
What if our views are inside out?
We crave for more while others go without.
We require an inversion, a reversal of our ways.
What if we chose the wrong path?
We seek to be first yet become last.
We require an inversion, a reversal of our ways.
Be different,
Be contrast,
Be change,
Be change,
Be abnormal,
Be inverted,
Be of another world.
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