Philippians 2:8,9 - God has highly exalted Him

2:8

More than that, Jesus did not just become a man, He became obedient to death. And more than that, it was the most humiliating and excruciating death possible, death on a cross. Crucifixion was specifically designed by the Romans to be “a warning to others”, to utterly humiliate the victim. It was necessary for Jesus to go to the cross in order for the purposes of the Father to be fulfilled, namely to secure our salvation. Jesus was prepared to do this, despite the enormous cost and the humiliation. So if it is necessary for us to be humiliated for the sake of the gospel, we should be ready to do so.

2:9

There is now a distinct change of tone. Having talked about humility, we are now concerned with exaltation. “Therefore exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name”. There are arguments about whether this was a reward for Jesus. I don’t think this is the right way to think of it. Jesus is and always has been righteous. He is eternally righteous for He is part of the Godhead. His humbling of Himself, and the servant attitude we see in Him while here on earth, is a natural outworking or manifestation of that righteousness. Likewise the exaltation is a natural consequence of this. 

We too will be crowned with glory and honour (Ps 8:5). Obviously this isn’t quite the same as with Jesus, only He has the name above all names, but we will be crowned.