Bible
Key Words: to be conformed to the image of his Son
I read about a sculptor who
fashioned a lion out of solid stone.
When asked how he had accomplished such a feat, he replied, “It was
easy. All I did was chip away everything
that doesn’t look like a lion.”
Today, God wants to chip away
everything in your life that doesn’t look like Christ.
The story is told of a heavyset
woman who went to an exercise and diet clinic.
The first thing the supervisor did was draw a silhouette on a mirror in
the shape she wished to become. As she
stood before the mirror, she bulged out over the silhouette. The instructor told her, “Our goal is for you
to fit this shape.”
For many weeks the woman dieted
and exercised. Each week she would stand
in front of the mirror, but her volume, while decreasing, still
overflowed. And so she exercised harder
and dieted more rigidly. Finally, one
day to everyone’s delight, as she stood in front of the mirror she was
conformed to the image of the silhouette.
It takes time and work to be
conformed to the image of God’s Son. The
discipline of sorrow and suffering, the exercise of pain and trials conform us
to His image.
Being conformed to Christ’s image
may not be easy but it sure is worthwhile.
✞ Allow, with an humble spirit, God to chip away from your life things that keep you from being Christlike.
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