Scenic View of the South Platte River, Pike National Forest
What is this model Jesus is calling us to follow? This question was probably asked by the disciples 2000 years ago at Jesus’ last supper.
Jesus calls us to be His disciples in His own image and model: “Come after me and I will make you fishers of men.” (Mt. 4:19)
In being Jesus’s disciples and modeling Him, we become a model for others to see Jesus in us: “You are the light of the world. A city on a mountainside cannot be hidden” (Mt. 5:14)
The Lord models for us humility and service by washing his disciples feet and saying, “If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet.” (Jn. 13:14)
However, the greatest of all his examples is the one of sacrificial love and forgiveness Jesus models for us on the cross, as the prophet Isaiah said, “But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed.” (Is. 53:5)
This is the model of Christ's own flesh alive in us.
How are you called to model your life after Jesus today?
Have a blessed Holy Week!!!
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