Please read 1 Corinthians 11.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/1co/11/1/s_1073001
Meditate on verse 1.
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
Wow! Paul is bold in his exhortations. At first glance, his command sounds arrogant. But think about what he is saying. His command is to imitate Christ. Paul took his own command so seriously that he, too, was imitating Christ; therefore, these young Christians in Corinth who were surrounded by idolatrous paganism, could look to Paul as an example of how to live in Christ.
What about your life? Do you behave and speak in such a way that you could encourage another to come alongside you, and by imitating you, actually learn how to imitate Jesus? It is a convicting thought, and as a follower of Jesus Christ, should be what you would not hesitate to tell a less mature believer.
Spend the next 24 hours examining every moment of your day. Is there even a second when you would be embarrassed to have another Christian observing you?
Live for the LORD in such a way that your family and friends can imitate you and actually be imitating Jesus.
Pray 1 Corinthians 11:1 over yourself and those for whom you are discipling and standing guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, make me an imitator of You.
When ____________ imitates me,
may it actually be imitating You.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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