Day of Praise

Th, 08/08/13, "Day of Praise"

"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children." - Ephesians 5:1

So, are there any other little brothers out there? My big brother was awesome and is awesome. But every once in a while, being a little brother was not very fun.

In my case, my big brother, Ben, was faster than me, quicker than me, braver than me, more handsome than me, cooler than me. In sum, he was better than me. And fortunately, he was nice about all that and most things.

But there was one thing my big brother couldn't stand, namely, he didn't want me going to school and wearing the same style shirt as he had on. He did not want me imitating him or being a copycat where clothes were concerned. So he'd send me back to my room to change before we went to catch our bus.

Those are great memories for my brother and me because now we're totally on the same page. We both love imitating our ultimate big brother, Jesus Christ. We both want to wear exactly what Jesus is wearing, namely the goodness and righteousness of Jesus. And through faith in Jesus, that's exactly what Jesus gives us to wear as God says in Isaiah 61:10,
"I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness".

And why does God do this? Why does God clothe us exactly like Jesus? Well, God does it so we'll never forget and the world will know that God loves us to look like him, as if we're God's children, for whom God provides and cares and to whom God listens and gives.

Indeed, that is exactly what we are!

Praise God!

(For an archive of "Day of Praise", please visit my daughter Calley's website at http://dayofpraisepc.blogspot.com/?m=1)


Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson