JUST LIKE JESUS

October 25, 2017

JUST LIKE JESUS

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness.

Romans 8:26a

Read Romans 8:26-30

Chapter 8 points out that we get to choose to participate with God in his transformation of our lives. Making an informed decision to participate with God in the transformation of our lives requires knowledge of God’s plan. In today’s passage, Paul provides valuable insights into God’s intended work in our lives.

First is the really good news that God does not leave us to our own devices to try and accomplish His will for our lives; the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. How does the Holy Spirit help us? Two ways. First, the Holy Spirit prays for us and the Spirit’s prayers for us are in harmony with God’s own will. What’s God’s will for us? God wants us to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. I like the way popular author Max Lucado says this in the title of one of his books: God Loves You Just the Way You Are, But He Refuses to Leave You That Way. He Wants You to Be JUST LIKE JESUS.

My Takeaway: The second way the Holy Spirit helps us is by working all things together for good in our lives. Remember, the good is God’s good, not necessarily what we think is good for us. And God’s good is that we would become like Jesus. Here’s where we get to choose again. God wants to use everything we experience in life for His good work of transforming us to become like Jesus. But He will not force His will on us; we have to choose to invite Him to complete His work of forming Christ within us.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

Copyright © 2017 by Alex M. Knight

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

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