Looking Like God

By Joe Slater     Do you look like God? Every human is made in His image, yet people’s physical appearance varies widely.     If we had lived while Jesus walked the earth, we could have pointed to Him and truly said, “There goes God!” Jesus Himself told Philip, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). But the Bible says precious little of how He looked except that He was ordinary (Isaiah 53:2). Fast-forward pas the Renaissance painters who depict Him as an effeminate, stringy-haired, blue-eyed European!     Facial features, height, weight, and skin tone don’t make you look like God anyway! Such characteristics may indicate that you have your parents’ genes, and that may become more obvious as the years pass.     But the passing of those same years ought to make us, as God’s children, look more like Him. We are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:2). That transformation is what makes us a reflection of God in His glory (2 Corinthians 3:18).     Look at Jesus! I don’t mean His physical attributes; those aren’t the point. Look at His attitude; see His love; ponder His purpose; observe His selfless sacrifice. You ought to be notably more like Him than you were a year ago . . . five years ago . . . ten years ago.     Do you look like God?

- Joe Slater serves as minister of the Church of Christ in Justin, TX. He may be contacted through the congregation's website: http://justinchurchofchrist.com