I was moved by the recent sermon I heard by our youth pastor Jordan Hall. It was simple, yet powerful, and why not it was full of Jesus. It was all about imitating him. Following Him at every thought, every step. I automatically put on my thinking glasses.
Jesus! A very simple guy, born in a normal house, lived all His life sinless. No doubt He was a perfect man. 6 Who, being in very nature[a] God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,being made in human likeness.8 And being found in appearance as a man,he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! [Philippians 2 :6-8] And the purpose of Him coming to earth here was all about restoring relations; making the bonds tight enough that no evil act can break them. Bond, between us, and most importantly between God and us. God is powerful and He can do everything, agreed. But then why to send His one and only son; his precious possession?? Coz He loves us. He loves us so much that He longs the exact same relationship He has with His son. And I feel, thats why He sent Him to us. To teach us that perfect way of selfless love, His way of Love.
But this whole process wasn't that easy. We all are 'just' humans. We have our individual incapabilities, limitations. We struggle a lot with our small problems, tiny sorrows and keep walking along the way of sins. and He doesn't want that. He wants us to be like Him, like His son who is the perfect image of God. And thats exactly what Jesus did. He set an ideal example in front of us. Like a user manual, so we can anytime check back, if our implementations(actions) are correct. For this, our minds have to be in right place, they have to be united. We need to be like minded. 1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. [Philippians 2:1-2] and if it happens then our actions will depict the right result.
So all we need to do is "Follow Jesus!!" and we are set...Done...Wait, is it that easy? Heck No. Considering our very human nature, these two words are most difficult ones..I would say. The first thing needed here is prayers. Prayers for us so that we wont lose our path, our focus. 24 Discipline me, LORD, but only in due measure [Jeremiah 10:24] and keep working the way Jesus would. I am sure there is much more to this...Can you suggest?
