Jesus "emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness."
In the beginning God said, "Let us make man in Our likeness," except when man fell for the serpents lie that "ye shall be like God," man thought he would "take the form of God" but that turned out to be a disastrous endeavor. However, this comes full circle when Jesus takes the form of our likeness, emptying Himself of His glory, "taking the form of a servant, being made in our likeness (Phil 2:7)"
Man tried to 'fill God's shoes', so to speak, and failed miserably, but God the Son, didn't empty Himself "for nothing," as it turned out man did, but took off His shoes off so that we could...
I don't know if I should even try to explain. I don't know if I can. It just might be too inconceivable.