In Exodus 28 we see one of the privileges of the High Priest was to carry the names of the tribes of Israel before the LORD. The priests were a shadow of our great High Priest who we read about in our reading from Philippians 2.
Our great High Priest left the riches of heaven to take on the form of a servant, he bore our names on his heart. He carried our sin on himself, he became the sin offering and offered the once for all sacrifice for sins. Whilst the High Priest Aaron led the people into sin, as we’ll see in Exodus 32, Jesus bore our sin and leads us into righteousness.
As a result of Jesus’ perfect obedience, He is highly exalted and offers to share his merit with all who will bow the knee before him and confess that He is Lord.
He is the perfect High Priest, and when you have been served by Him you are ready to serve others. In fact, He calls us to. The beginning of Philippians 2 calls us to think not only of our own interests (which comes so easily) but like Christ, we are to think of the interests of others.
Whose interests can you think of today?
Light and Momentary Troubles 
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