The Willing Humiliation and Great Exaltation of the Son

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phil. 2:5–11)

I find it hard, along with other preachers, to preach without being drawn back to "Philippians 2."  Those who listen to me probably grow weary of this passage, although I hope not! This is the passage that is a beautiful reflection on the humbling of God to become man, then humble himself even further to death on a cross. The highest became the lowest! Then it delivers the necessary consequence of that reality in the life of the believer: we ought to also humble ourselves. 

In this short article, (acc it by clicking --> here <--) Paul David Tripp walks us through this passage. I like how he/ and the Word of God/ end:

Paul doesn’t stop with Jesus’s willing humiliation; he also points us to Christ’s exaltation. Humble Jesus now sits at the right hand of the Father as the reigning King.