The word for today is - Less !

Good morning,

The word for today is - Less !

 

 The question is this? How can I become more like Christ? First, you need to know who Christ is?  We can not grow like someone we don’t know. God's desire for all who know Him is for us to become more like Him. Then, we will make more room for Christ to come into our lifes. We do this by first growing in our knowledge of Christ.The knowledge we gain from God’s Word must impact our hearts and convict us of the need to obey what we have learned.Let's look at the book of John chapter 3, Jesus says in this chapter. His explanation to Nicodemus was so clear, and concise. He explains everything out clearly to Nicodemus, and leaves him without questions. Nicodemus is confused about being born again, and Jesus clearly tells him what it's all about, which is of the Spirit. We must truly learn to die to “self” more and more, day by day. Read John 3: 30, "He must increase, but I must decrease"."He must become greater; I must become less."God is the God  of more then enough. With God, we will never be in need.Read Psalm 23:1,The Lord is my  Shepherd, I shall not want. May there be more of Him , and less of me ( you can put your name there). Amen! The only way we can become more like Jesus is to surrender our whole being to him in complete, unreserved trust, and ask him to do a major makeover on us. As he removes those impurities in our character, we come closer and closer to the real us, the person God has always wanted us to be.We grow in our knowledge of God by reading the Bible daily, studying it, and being obedient to what it says. Now, Luke sums it up best when he describes what Jesus told His disciples, now this is Jesus talking. Read Luke 9:23-24,And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. The key is in John 1:1, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Thank you God for your word. Amen !