Be Imitators of God

"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." 

-Ephesians 5:1-2

If we are going to call ourselves Christians (Little Christ's), then we have no other choice but to live like Christ. We have no choice but to imitate Jesus. That is what we are encouraged to do in this passage. Be imitators of God, as beloved children. We, now as His beloved children, have to live like Christ everyday of our lives. 

One of my friends brought up a really good point. As Christians, we are called to be salt and light to the world. What does salt do? Salt dehydrates the wound so that the bacteria will die. Isn't that also true in our lives as Christians. We, as salt to the world, have to dehydrate the world of sin, so that this sin, this bacteria if you will, can die. Also, we are a light to this world. What happens to darkness when it is encountered by light? It flees. So as a light to the world, when we enter a room, sin has to flee. 

How awesome is that? To be salt and a light to this world, we have to kill this bacteria and make darkness flee. We have to dehydrate this wound, and love the world. 

That, I believe, will bring revival. All we have to do is share the love of Jesus. We don't have to follow a process, because then you'll share a process and not God's love. It is that simple. The Gospel equals God's love. We see that in our passage today. "and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you..." We have to walk in love just as Jesus loves us.