Imitators of God

It's natural for children to imitate their parents Children often have their paren't nature, their behavior and their actions. You can be around a child and you can see their parents in the way they walk, the way they talk and the things they do.

While that is true in our earthy families, it is equally true in our heavenly families. Like beloved children, who are near the parent, learning, observing and growing, we are brought near to our Heavenly Father so that we might learn His ways and become more like Him.

"Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God." (Ephesians 5:1-2)

You can't imitate a person if you don't know anything about them, so we must learn all we can about the Lord from His word. We must put into practice everything we know about Him. We are to do the things we see Him doing, and we are to avoid the things He avoids. We are to be like God in every respect.

In reality though, God is commanding us to do something that is impossible within ourselves. Left up to us, we could never be imitators of God. We simply cannot imitate God through our own power.

While we can't be holy on our own, as redeemed children of God, we have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to live like Him, act like Him, walk like Him, and talk like HIm. 

Being an "imitator" of God means we must imitate His "love." After all, the Bible tells us God is love. His very nature is defined by His live. Everything He does, He does it out of love. As Children of God, we are to imitate and walk in love.

I hope as you step out into the real world today that you are ready to imitate God through the power of the Holy Spirt! A simple prayer you can pray throughout the day is: Make me more like you today in all my thoughts, decisions and actions.