To be like Jesus

I've been reflecting on the beautiful song written by General John Gowans - To be like Jesus this hope possesses me." Is it possible for us living in this world, to be like Jesus, to be exactly like Him? Certainly after all these years of being a Christian, I cannot say, I am like Jesus in every way - in thought, in deed, in everything. My best intentions fall short of perfection. I follow Him, I try hard with His help to be like Him, but I still fall short.

Even if we are not like Him, and cannot be exactly like Him, we can by His grace be more and more like Him.

Jesus lived on earth as a man, but He was also the Son of God. He made visible the character of God. There was clearly no misrepresentation. He said, "He who has seen Me, had seen the Father." 

To be like Jesus - how? Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator." Col. 3: 9-10

God created man in His own image. Gen. 1:27 We are brought back by His grace to God's original intention in order that His image may be seen in us.

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Rom 12:2 Here it is, the idea of change and newness - be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 

To be like Jesus a change must be brought about within us. "Behold I make all things new." Rev. 21:5.

It is my sincere prayer and desire -to be like Jesus. "Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me."