Monday, November 22 Become imitators of God, as beloved children.​—Eph. 5:1.

[Áine]

Monday, November 22

Become imitators of God, as beloved children.—Eph. 5:1.

 

The more we learn about the qualities that make up Jehovah’s personality, the better we will be able to imitate him. David came to know his heavenly Father well, so he was able to imitate Him when dealing with others. Because David had such a good relationship with Jehovah, he became one of Israel’s most beloved kings and the standard by which Jehovah measured other kings of Israel. (1 Ki. 15:11; 2 Ki. 14:1-3) What is the lesson for us? We need to be “imitators of God.” When we model our personality after his, we prove that we are his children. (Eph. 4:24) We will never stop learning about Jehovah. (Eccl. 3:11) The important thing is, not how much we know about him, but what we do with what we know. If we apply what we learn and try to imitate our loving Father, he will continue to draw close to us. (Jas. 4:8) Through his Word, he assures us that he will never abandon those seeking him. w19.12 20 ¶20; 21 ¶21, 23

[Vinnie]

The greatest thing we can do for ourselves is draw close to our God Jehovah and imitate his qualities as much as possible. Our goal is try try to be a beloved child just like Christ Jesus. The words found in the Psalms express so many heart felt gratitudes worth of imitation as well.  

[Elnathan]

David experienced the goodness of imitating Jehovah’s mercy. We too, will benefit if we imitate Jehovah’s qualities, above all, imitating Him will draw us closer to Him. Like a father & child relationship, that close bond will help us to taste & see Jehovah’s goodness. 

[rocket]

It would be in vain if we were to memorize the entire Bible and could quote verbatim any part of it, if we did not apply what we learned and become footstep followers of Jesus Christ in imitating Jehovah to the best of our abilities.