To Be Christlike

“Follow me”
Luke 5:27

To be Christlike strikes me with an expanded meaning today, much different from my thoughts on this that I had in my early twenties. . Christ suffered periods of indecision and doubt. Life was not perfect for Him; He had to take his time in the desert to replenish his confidence in Himself and His mission. Too often we think of “Godlike” when we use the term “Christlike.” I think that the term “Christlike” lets us get a sense of how we can gradually develop. The humanness of Jesus should give us comfort. The goal of being Christlike then becomes more meaningful and attainable. We need to be like Jesus, alive so that we can meet God with him in death. We need to travel through our time in the desert every once in awhile in order to replenish ourselves. The desert to us will be anywhere that we can go that is away from other people, away from our jobs and families, a place where we can pray and let God come onto us. Our faith needs to be dwelt on at times. It can not continue without this regeneration periodically