As He is so are we in this world.

Sitting in the Rock auditorium in Suntec City in Singapore, listening to Pastor Joseph Prince; one line kept running through my head, "As He is so are we in this world". The 'He' in this case referred to Jesus whom Christians believe to be the Son of God who came to this earth to die for the sins of mankind. They also believe He is God who came in the form of man so that he could understand the suffering of man, without committing any sin Himself.

Fear not, I don't plan on making this a theological discourse! I have neither enough knowledge nor desire to delve into those areas. I'd much rather leave it to the experts. Coming back to what I was saying earlier, if we think about this sentence from a purely literary point of view, it would mean that we are also like Gods on this earth since we carry His image. So whatever God is like, then we are too. So if He is a God of love, then so should we be too. If He is a God of holiness, then so are we and so should we be too. And if he is a God of abundance then so are we too. Whatever His divine attributes are, we have them too.

Which is good news; that each of us has it in us to be Godlike. if we're not living in accordance with our inner Godliness then we obviously need to make a change. We can be more loving, we can be more peaceful, and we can live more fully and abundantly. It's assumed that we already have these latent Godliness in us, all we need to do now is express it. Especially if we want to make a difference those around us.

Challenging? Yes. Worth it? Yes.