Daily Fire! - Christ showed me how to live. I want to be like Jesus, and please God.
Christ “dwelt among us.” He made His home with us—or rather, He made a home, and when we believe, we cross the doorstep and walk in. God is our true home. Away from Him, we are
away from home. That is why Christ
lived for us. He wants to be with us, and us with Him—at home.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) The Bible is full of references to “home.” The prodigal son came home. Jesus went into many homes. He talked about the eternal home: “In My Father’s house are many mansions;if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2).
Christ lived for us to show us how to live. The Bible speaks
of Christ as being without sin. He lived the perfect life for us, leaving us an
example. What was His perfection?
It was very simple: obedience to God. He did not live by a set of rules to govern every action of His life. He
was not a walking encyclopedia of
the Law, which He consulted every second from getting up in the morning to going to sleep again at night. He simply
did what He knew would please the Father.
That is how we should live. All that is wanted is to please God. We may have great moral problems, and we do not know what is the right thing to do. Well, there is only one reason why we should be good at all, and that is to be like Jesus, and to please God! Choose to live to please God today.
