A speaker reflects on falling short of Jesus's character and asks the Holy Spirit for help becoming more like Him. He names the qualities he wants to grow into: mercy, compassion, patience, love, power, confidence, and authority. The core message is a prayer for spiritual transformation toward Christlikeness.
I'll just be honest with you. As I read the New Testament, specifically the Gospels, and I look at Jesus, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I so often find myself saying, there are so many ways that I'm not like Jesus. I look at His mercy, His compassion, His patience, and I say, there are so many ways that I can improve. There are so many attributes of Christ that I could do a better job of reflecting. And everything in me desires to be transformed To conform to the image of Jesus. As I watch him in action, as I read the Gospels, I see love in action, power in action, confidence in action, authority in action, identity in action. And I just say, Holy Spirit, make me more like Jesus. I want to be like him, my Savior, my Lord. He is the subject of our affection. He's the focus of our hearts. He's the goal. And as I look to him, as he's revealed in the scriptures, I just pray, Lord, help me be more like you. Help me to love you more, to know you more, to act more like you. That's what it is to follow Jesus.
