APR 1

1 John 2:6
Memorise 1 John 2:6
"to walk, even as he walked"

DO YOU TAKE CHRIST AS YOUR PERFECT EXAMPLE?

It is our natural human tendency to always want to look to others as examples for us to follow. From young, children look to their parents as examples and emulate them. As they grow up, they begin to look to their friends, famous people and celebrities, or other people that they respect in their lives and try to pattern their lives after them. However, of all these role models that we have, none of them would come even close to the perfect example that we must all follow, and that is our Lord Jesus Christ. He alone lived a blameless, sinless life, died for our sins, and then calls on us to take Him as the supreme standard to strive towards.

1 John 2:6 tells us that if we claim to abide in Christ, if we have a close relationship with Him, then we would walk just as He walked. Who abides in Christ? Every single Christian! John 15:6 warns us that anyone who does not abide in Christ is not a believer, and he is as a branch that is fit only to be burned in the fire. Therefore if you have repented of your sins and truly confessed the Lord Jesus Christ as your saviour, then you must be abiding in Him, and pattern your life after his life. We must walk, that is to conduct our lives in the same manner that He conducted His. This ought to be the natural inclination of every true believer. Just as a child would very naturally and even subconsciously follow after his parents in everything, from their way of thinking, speaking, and even the small quirky mannerisms, so should our lives emulate that of our Lord and Saviour.

Dear Teen, is this the desire that you have for your life, that each day you will become more and more conformed to the image of Christ? Or do you even have a personal relationship with Him to begin with? If you do, then you should look upon Him as the perfect example that you ought to strive towards. Realize that He was indeed a real historical person who lived a life on earth, the details of which are recorded for us in the 4 gospels. Over the next three months, we will look at various incidences and accounts in the life of Jesus, and draw lessons that we can apply in our lives. As we study each passage of scripture, we must constantly examine ourselves, and ask if we have been walking, even as He walked.

Thought: To walk as Christ walked is to follow in His footsteps.
Prayer: Lord, may You help me to look upon Christ as the perfect example to which I can pattern my life after.