It's not about stuff. Giving is never about the stuff. What we are called to pour out isn't anything so temporary or temporal as money or resources. Make no mistake about it - the call to "pour out" is a call to pour out your life. Paul understood that. He viewed his kingdom investment as that very thing. His life was poured out. And here is the beauty of his revelation; he is being poured out precisely because that's what Jesus did first. His action is one of obedient faith and expresses in tangible form what it means to be "all in."

The Outpouring

All In

Philippians 2:5-11, 17

Being "All In" for Christ means pouring ourselves out completely because He first poured Himself out for us.

How do we pour ourselves out?

1. We must see the example.

Philippians 2:5-8, "You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal's death on a cross."

Jesus gave it up.

Jesus humbled himself.

Jesus obeyed completely.

2. We must follow the example.

Philippians 2:17, "But I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out like a liquid offering to God, just like your faithful service is an offering to God. And I want all of you to share that joy."

Are you "All In" for the right thing?

3. We must remember the example.

Philippians 2:9-11, "Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declares that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

Remember that He is Lord.

If He really is Lord, it changes everything.