New Day, New You
Chapter One
January 1
Be Christlike
God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit]
make mankind in Our image,
after Our likeness.
-genesis 1:26
When God said, "Let Us make man in Our image," this image refers to
character likeness. He meant that we were going to take on His
nature, His character, as reflected in His Son Jesus. In Colossians
1:15, Paul tells us that Jesus is "the exact likeness of the unseen
God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the
Firstborn of all creation." As believers, we are to be transformed
into His image and likeness.
The greatest goal of every believer, and certainly those of us who
want to be used by God in positions of leadership, should be
Christlikeness. We should want to handle situations and treat people
the way Jesus would. That should be our goal. Jesus is to be our
example.
In John 13:15 He said to His disciples, after washing their feet
like a servant, "For I have given you this as an example, so that
you should do [in your turn] what I have done to you." And Peter
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