Devotions with Holly Woodbridge

Walk in the Same Way:                                 A pondering by Holly Woodbridge

1 John 2 3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

From a kids song by Frank Hernandez:                                                                            
I wanna be just like You, Jesus
I wanna do the things You do
I want my words to always be true
I wanna be just like You

The Hymn writer, Thomas Obediah Chisholm, voices it like this:                                                                               
I have one deep, supreme desire,
that I may be like Jesus.
To this I fervently aspire,
that I may be like Jesus.
I want my heart His throne to be,
so that a watching world may see
His likeness shining forth in me.
I want to be like Jesus.

When I was young and was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would answer, “I want to be like Jesus.”  And I still do. I am not very young any more, but as I walk with my Savior that is still my desire. How about you?

Let me close with this chorus as our prayer:
O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee!
Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.