LIKE JESUS?

On Becoming Like Jesus

If we desire to be like Jesus Christ, then there are four of His characteristics we are to emulate:

1. Give up all our rights:

“Let Christ Jesus be your example as to what your attitude should be. For He, who had always been God by nature, did not cling to His prerogatives as God’s equal.”

Prayer: “Lord, I relinquish all my rights: To family. To finances. To recognition. To pleasure. To quietness. To privacy. To be loved. To be treated with respect. To justice.“

2. Become nothing:

“He (Jesus) stripped Himself of all privilege.”

Prayer: “Lord, I surrender my status. My heritage. My career. My capabilities. My resources. My experience. My reputation. My education.“

3. Become a servant:

“He consented to be a slave by nature and be born as a mortal man.”

Prayer: “Lord, I abdicate my desire to climb the social and economic scale. I renounce all my rights. I ask you to give me a heart to serve you and others on your terms, not mine. Lord, I love to be regarded by others as a servant; help me to be joyfully willing to be treated as a servant.“

4. Surrender to His Lordship in total obedience:

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:  Phil 2:8-9

Prayer: “Lord, I choose to obey you on your terms, not mine. Whatever the cost: Status. Finances. Family. As did Jesus, I pick up the cross you have assigned me, and by your grace I will carry it to the death. In Jesus‘ Name. Amen.“