I Act Just Like My Mom
Ξ December 4th, 2007 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Christian Living, Growing In The Lord, New Christians |
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(Ephesians 5:1) Then become imitators of God, as beloved children (Literal Translation)
God specifically says to imitate Him as little children. This means that He wants us to do the things He does and do them just like He does but do it as if you were a child. As a parent, you are quite aware of how a child will imitate a parent. One day, you will notice that one of the kids is acting just like Daddy or Mommy. That’s not always a good thing, I might add, but most of the time it simply means that they have watched the parent enough to imitate them. Most little girls want to put on makeup just like Mommy. Boys want to shave as soon as they possibly can because Daddy does that. Didn’t you do that when you were growing up? I did.
When you imitate God, He is pleased and you are walking in the path He has for you. It isn’t so hard to imitate God because He gave you us the example of Jesus to go by. The first four books of the New Testament in the Bible show exactly how Jesus handled many situations. In all of those things, He did not sin at all. He did nothing wrong. He shows us that we can live a sin-free life when we take the time to get closer to God. That’s what He did. People who followed Him knew of His habit of going off to pray by Himself often.
Just like when you get to know people well enough to be best friends, God wants you to get to know Him well enough to imitate Him. We cannot imitate if we have not studied the person we choose to imitate. (Isn’t that a tad scary? The kids are imitating the actions of the parent. If you do not like what the kid is doing, make sure it isn’t because they saw you do it.) How do you get to know God better? By taking the time to pray, to study what the Bible (God’s Word) says about Him, to take the time to simply talk to Him as if you were friends.
People will say that you cannot talk to God in that sort of familiar attitude, that it’s not respectful. Why not? If you have a friend, you can certainly be respectful of them but still talk to them in a friendly, familiar manner, can’t you? God wants you to be that friendly and familiar with Him. When you come to the point that you talk everything over with God before you do anything, you are beginning to get the right idea. God wants this type of relationship with you. Why not try it out today. Give God your time and attention. My day is always brighter because of it.
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