This is submission, it was the attitude that Christ took upon Himself to walk in complete agreement with and obedience to God–fully humbled, totally surrendered, nothing in opposition to the truth of God. He did it all by grace in love for us. He became our sweet gift of righteousness.
–HUMBLE. SUBMIT. BELIEVE. REST–
“Have this same attitude in yourselves which was in Christ Jesus [look to Him as your example in selfless humility], who, although He existed in the form and unchanging essence of God [as One with Him, possessing the fullness of all the divine attributes—the entire nature of deity], did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped or asserted [as if He did not already possess it, or was afraid of losing it]; but emptied Himself [without renouncing or diminishing His deity, but only temporarily giving up the outward expression of divine equality and His rightful dignity] by assuming the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men [He became completely human but was without sin, being fully God and fully man]. After He was found in [terms of His] outward appearance as a man [for a divinely-appointed time], He humbled Himself [still further] by becoming obedient [to the Father] to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
–Philippians 2:5-8 (amp