Vital Step to a Radiant Faith-Example of Jesus

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is Looking to the example of Jesus.

Family members and friends may motivate us by their good example, or let us down by moral failures. The truth is that all humans are fallible, except for one man who lived 2,000 years ago. His name is Jesus. His example is reliable for directing our lives in the ways of God.

Philippians 2:5 says, “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death-even death on a cross!”

The example of Jesus reveals the pathway to honoring God with thriving relationships. That pathway is humility, service, and sacrifice.

Looking to the example of Jesus is a vital step to a radiant faith that makes a difference in our world.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com