IMITATE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER

Ephesians 5:1 NLT Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.

Wow! The original language says to be continually imitating God in everything we do, not just in some things, so it must be possible or He wouldn’t tell us to do it, but it’s quite a thought!😊

I was thinking about Isaiah 54:9 where it says God’s thoughts and ways are so much higher than our thoughts and ways, and we tend to think, “Oh well, I can’t possibly think and do things like God so there’s no point in trying!” But that’s Old Covenant, and we’re now in the New Covenant. Notice what God calls us now - His dear children, and He wants us to copy Him, to be just like Him.

God sees us as dear to His heart and He’s given us the ability to live our lives in the power of His Holy Spirit, who teaches us to be imitators of our Heavenly Father. So what does that mean in the everyday?

Well, God loves us unconditionally, so He wants us to do the same to others because He’s put His love in our hearts to be able to do it. He says let the weak say I am strong; to forgive, when we feel like going off in a huff; to let the poor say I am rich; to say we’re Overcomers when we feel like we’re going under; to bless our enemies when we don’t want to.

Our job is to speak words of faith, agreeing with God, not our circumstances. It’s God’s way - not ours, because He knows our faith filled words can change our world! It certainly requires the transforming of our minds and the help of His Holy Spirit!😊

So we have a choice to make each day, are we going to be imitators of our Heavenly Father and do what He says, or are we going to do life our own way? 

Thankfully God never told us to work it all out before we do it, or to see if it’s working, or if we ‘feel’ like it. He just says to do what He does and we can have what He says we can have, and it’s all done with a childlike faith, because He calls us His dear ‘children’.😊 

Lord help us choose Your way each day. Amen.

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