Watch Him Closely

 Recently while my family and I were sitting in the living room together, my younger brother and I started teasing our parents a little bit. Every move that our parents made, we would copy it. Whether it was a gesture while they were speaking or turning a page in a book, we copied it. I copied our mom and my brother copied our dad. After a few minutes both my parents noticed and we all were laughing. But I learned something from our joke. Copying every move they made required watching them very closely. 

The same is true with God. As Christians, we are supposed to be transformed to the image of Christ. This requires watching Him very closely. Now, we can’t physically watch Him, but we can study about Him. II Timothy 2:15 says, “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” Being ‘approved of God’ would include being transformed into the image of His Son. Study the life of Christ- how he acted in different scenarios, how He responded to different people. 

Watch Jesus very closely, and copy what you see.