Thought for January 2

[Thompson, Darryl]

Jesus came in poverty and humiliation, that He might be our example as
well as our Redeemer. If He had appeared with kingly pomp, how could He
have taught humility? how could He have presented such cutting truths as
in the Sermon on the Mount? Where would have been the hope of the lowly
in life had Jesus come to dwell as a king among men?  Desire of Ages, p.
138.