DAY 29 - LORD, CHANGE ME INTO THE LIKENESS OF CHRIST.
The many times God has given us His Word to make us right with Him but yet we alwats pick and choose the part we want or suit us. We are not able to change ourselves. We don't even understand what we're supposed to be changed to or why. Only God can open our eyes to see these things. That is why we have to pray the "Change me, Lord" prayer. We need to pray, "Make me more like Christ." Here are seven good ways to be more like Christ;
1. Jesus was loving - Not only was Jesus loving, but His love was beyond comprehension. Pray for God's love to be revealed in you as you reach out to the world around you.
2. Jesus was humble - Jesus was and still is Lord of the universe, yet "He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross"(Philippians 2:8). Nothing will speak louder to people around you than your own humility, because it will be a refreshing departure from the norm. Pray for God to give you a humble heart.
3. Jesus was faithful - Jesus never wavered in his conviction and knowledge of who He was and why He was on earth. Ask God to strengthen your inner being and make you as faithful as He is.
4. Jesus was giving - Jesus gave of Himself to disciple a few men so that many lives would be touched. He gave of his power so that many would be healed, delivered and made whole. Pray that God will fill you with His good gifts to give to those He brings into your life.
5. Jesus was separate - Jesus was in the world, but He was not part of the world. He came to touch the world but He never became like the world. He was separate from the world yet he changed the world around Him. We must pray that we can find that balance too. Pray that you will always remember who you are, what you are called to do and where you are going to spend eternity.
6. Jesus was obedient - One of the amazing things about Jesus was that even though he was Lord, He still did not do anything on his own. He prayed and did not act untill he had instructions from God. We must live that way too. Ask God to help you die to yourself so that you can live for Him.
7. Jesus was light - People are drawn to light. We want them to be drawn to the light of the Lord in us. Ask God to make you more like Christ so that every place you go people will stop you and say, "Tell me what you know." "What is this special thing you have?" "What must I do to get what you've got?" And you will be able to give them the reason for the light within you.
PRAYER
Lord, I want to be changed and I pray those changes will begin today. I know I can't change myself in any way that is significant or lasting, but by the transforming power of Your Spirit all things are possible. Grant me, according to the richest of Your glory, to be strengthened with might through Your Spirit in my inner being. (Ephesians 3:16). Transform me into Your likeness. I know that You will supply all that I need according to Your riches in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).
Help me to become separate from the works without becoming isolated from it or turning my back on it. Show me when I am not humble and help me to resist pride of any kind. Let my humility be a testimony of Your Spirit in me. May Your love manifested in me be a witness of your greatness. Teach me to love others the way You do.
Soften my heart where it has become hard. Make me fresh where I have become stale. Lead me and instruct me where I have become unteachable. Make me to be faithful, giving and obedient the way Jesus was. Where I am resistant to change, help me to trust Your work in my life. May Your light so shine in me that I become a light to all who know me. May it be not I who lives, but You who lives in me (Galatians2:20). Make me to be so much like Christ that when people see me they will want to know You better. Amen.
Scripture for Meditation
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Romans 8:16-17
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
II Corinthians 6:17-18
Therefore go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”
II Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
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