Thursday March 09th, 2023
Meditate on: 2 Corinthians 3:18 CEV
« So our faces are not covered. They show the bright glory of the Lord, as the Lord’s Spirit makes us more and more like our glorious Lord. »
Read: John 15:3-7 Berean Study Bible (BSB)
3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
4 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Understand:
When you ask someone to introduce him or herself, you want the surname, first name and so on. In the above passage, Jesus introduced Himself as the Vine and His Father is the Husbandman.
He went on to say in verse two that His children are the branches. At other times, Jesus introduced Himself as the Door, Lamb, Way, Truth, Life, Resurrection, Alpha, Omega and so on. As strange as these illustrations may seem, they carry the true picture of who He is.
He is the Vine and we are His branches; therefore, we are an extension of Him.
If you open up a vine and you open up a branch, you would find the same thing in both of them; one is only bigger.
That is why Jesus said in John 9:5 that He is the light of the world and then said in Matthew 5:14 that we are the light of the of the world; this simply means that we bear the light of Jesus.
1 John 4:17 tells us that as He is, so are we in this world.
In Romans 8:16-17, we are called join heirs with Christ. This means that we are His brothers and sisters, the same genes that are in Him are in us also.
Ephesians 2:6 says we are seated together in heavenly places. In Acts 4:13, people saw Peter and John speak and they recognize Jesus in them.
All these scriptures make one thing clear; as long as you are a child of God, you are to resemble your Father.
But then, how come we have so many ‘Christians’ who don’t resemble Christ? The answer is in our memory verse for today- they do not behold His glory. If you immerse yourself in God’s presence everyday- studying your Bible and praying, you will begin to resemble Him as the days go by.
When a man and a woman have been married a few years, they begin to look, sound and even think alike. That is because they have been spending time together for long.
Who you spend time with determine who you become.
You want to truly resemble Jesus? Spend time with Him daily
Application: Can anyone take a look at you and say you resemble Jesus Christ in your words and actions?
Author: Pst Enoch A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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