I've been studying the characteristics of Jesus lately and I highly recommend you do the same. Have you ever taken the time to dig deep into the heart of Christ to truly understand where His heart is, and why He is the way He is? It is truly amazing and humbling. Think about it this way. Our flesh, it is weak. It is so easy to give way and let our flesh win over our hearts; even if it's something small, sometimes we take the "easy way out." Jesus, His character, His life and the way He did things was as natural as your desire to cave to the flesh. Do you understand me? In our natural state, we lie, we cheat, lust, covet, whatever. Those are the things that make us fleshly human beings.
In Jesus' natural state, He loves endlessly, forgives no matter the circumstance, He is the ultimate servant, He is full of gentleness, patience and self-control. Those are the things that make Him perfect; set apart, different. Jesus cannot be anything but perfect. He cannot sin, it's who He is. He is what good is.
He calls us to be like Him. Anything and everything good in our lives is because of Jesus. It's the Holy Spirit living in us.
Jesus never did and never will look away from people; He always has and always will look upon people with compassion and grace. He understands your real needs. He understands your physical, mental needs and He knows your spiritual hunger and thirst.
This perfect man, Jesus, He actually takes the time to care fully about you. Breathe that in for a second.
The one and only perfect One, cares about y-o-u. And He wants you to be like Him.
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