Therefore
be imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children
[imitate their father] (Ephesians 5:1).
The
only reason the above scripture implores us to imitate God—our Father is that
we’re like Him! We’re created in His image and in His likeness; we have His
nature, which gives us the ability to act like Him. This means we can actually
copy Him; we can do things like Him. We can think, speak, act and live exactly
as the Lord did while He physically walked the face of the earth. He was never defeated or
disadvantaged; He couldn’t be! That’s the same life He’s given to us- a life of
ever increasing glory.
Talking
about Jesus and us, the Bible says, “…as He is so are we in this world” (1 John
4:1 7). We’ve been initiated into the same kind of life filled with
greatness and glory! We have his character and the same essence of divinity,
having become one with Him. That’s the big thing about Christianity—our oneness
with the Lord!
Now,
there’re folks who as a result of their ignorance of new creation realities
claim it’s impossible to act like God or do things like Him. Such folks always
quote the words of the prophet Isaiah: “For
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways …For as the
heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my
thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9). This scripture
doesn’t refer to the new creation but to folks in the Old Testament, who lived
under the old covenant. Amen!
When
you were born again, you
accepted God’s ways, and His life and nature of righteousness was imparted into
your spirit. Consequently, His ways became your ways and His thoughts became
your thoughts. Glory to God! No wonder the Bible says we have the mind
of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:1 6). That means we now have the ability to think,
live and do things like Him. Let this be your consciousness today and always as
we come to the final days of an exciting month filled with every increasing
glory! Praise God!
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