Rhapsody Of Realities 4 April 2024 By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (Christ Embassy) – Model Your Life After Christ
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TOPIC: Model Your Life After Christ (Rhapsody of Realities 4 April 2024)
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. My yoke is easy, and my burden is light (Matthew 11:29-30).
Rhapsody Of Realities For Today’s MESSAGE:
Some Christians like to model their lives after the Old Testament prophets. Some actually pray, “O, Lord, I want to be a type of Elijah so that I may initiate a bolt of lightning down out of the sky and incinerate your enemies.” Some ask for the same unction Jeremiah had so they can prophesy judgment on people and nations that don’t believe in God. Something is wrong.
Don’t try to be another Elijah or Jeremiah. Emulate Christ. In Luke 9:54-55 (NKJV), when James and John, two of the disciples, witnessed the rejection of Jesus in a Samaritan village, they asked the Master, “…Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?” The Lord rebuked and severely censured them. He said, “…You do not know what manner of spirit you are of” (Luke 9:55 NKJV).
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The Bible says, “You must display a new nature because you are a new person, created in God’s likeness—righteous, holy, and true” (Ephesians 4:24 NLT). You aren’t to be fashioned after the Old Testament prophets; we have a model, and that’s Jesus!
In Ephesians 5:1, we are admonished to be imitators of God as His beloved children. We are to emulate His quiet, gentle, loving, and compassionate spirit. This is easy because we have His life and nature in us. Therefore, we can talk and love like Him and walk in absolute mastery and dominion on the earth.
Even in prayer, emulate Jesus. For example, in John 17, study the content of His prayer and pray like Him. Have the primary desire and enduring passion to please the Father as He did. His joy was to fulfill the will of the Father. That should be your focus every day.
If you are on the journey to be like the revivalists of old, or to be patterned after the Old Testament prophets or anyone else, recalibrate your life immediately. You’ll be amazed at the profound joy that will engulf you, leaving you transformed into a more Christlike personality. Hallelujah!
CONFESSION
My life is for the glory of God because it’s modeled after Christ; my desires align with His perfect will as I live to please Him in all things. His love, compassion, and tender mercies are manifested in and through me today. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Romans 12:2 – And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ezekiel 36:26 – I will also give you a new heart and a new spirit, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Ephesians 5:1-2 NKJV – Therefore, be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 10:1-24 & Joshua 20-22
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Romans 7:1-11 & Psalm 107
Remember to share with all your friends and loved ones today. Thank you, and God bless you richly.
Rhapsody of Realities 2024 Devotional was written by Pastor Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (D.Sc., D.D.)—President of Loveworld Inc. aka Christ Embassy Int’l.
