ROMANS 8:29

“Where are you in the Lord?” is a quest to know where you are in your spiritual growth process, that is becoming like Jesus. God’s desire for us as disciples of Jesus is that by His grace we would be conformed to the image of Jesus. The thoughts, words, and actions that Jesus displayed in His life and ministry serve as a model for how we glorify God in our lives. Jesus was completely yielded to the Holy Spirit, and it was His chief purpose in life to do His Father’s will. Jesus is our identity, and He lives His life through us, so our foremost purpose in this life is to be like Him. In our daily walk with Jesus, we learn from Him and His Spirit is helping us do His will over our own will. Thus, we are becoming more like Jesus. This is what it means to be conformed to His image. We must remember that by ourselves we cannot be like Jesus. It is by His power in us, and our walking with Him that we are changed.

Have you checked the state of the fruit of the Spirit in your life recently? Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law”. Jesus exemplified the fullness of the fruit of the Spirit. Are you growing in love for God and people? To be like Jesus, we have to see Jesus. It’s through the scripture, particularly the gospels, that the Holy Spirit shows us the life of Jesus. We learn what Jesus valued, what He taught, how He treated people, how He obeyed God. We must spend time with Jesus through the word of God in order to behold His image. Only when we see Him, can we begin to be changed so as to be like Him.

Prayer Focus: Father, please continue your work in me until I’m fully conformed to the image of Christ Jesus, and help me to align with You in the process in Jesus’ Name.