THINK TOGETHER
Have you ever seen something so amazing you couldn’t stop looking at it?
READ TOGETHER
Have you ever seen something so awesome and cool that you just wanted to watch it over and over? Have you ever seen someone do something and then you imagined that you could do it too one day?
The Bible says that this is how we change and grow as people. We see things and we think about things, and then we imagine ourselves to be like what we see and think about. The Bible calls this worship or beholding. Listen to how the Apostle Paul explains it to the Corinthians:
2 Corinthians 3:18. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
As you grow up you will most likely have people tell you that they way to be a “good Christian” is to do or not do a list of certain behaviors. But the life of a Christian isn’t about trying to be good and not bad. The life of a Christian is about worshiping or beholding Jesus. To behold means to look at. But remember what we already said – we behold not only with our eyes, but with our minds and hearts. With our imaginations. We worship Jesus by thinking about what he did for us on the cross, and then trusting what he did for us instead of trusting in how good we are, or how bad we aren’t.
And when we learn to worship Jesus this way we WILL be changed. When we believe in Jesus and his love THEN we will become like Jesus and his love. We will want to be like him and we will know he loves us even when we fail. That’s how we change. Not by trying harder, but by trusting more.
Because of Jesus we don’t have be good, Jesus was good in our place.
With Jesus we can be good as we trust in him more and more.
DO SOMETHING TOGETHER
Sing Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus together. Talk about how beholding Jesus is what changes us, making us want to be more like him.
PRAY TOGETHER
Jesus, I want to behold and worship you more and more. Help me to think about what you did for me on the cross and trust that you love me no matter what. Amen.
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