Day 18...Look Alikes

Today's devotional is a good fit for the study series we just finished in WIRED. Sometimes it's really helpful if everyone looks the same. Think about your sports teams - if the teams didn't all dress alike (their uniforms) we wouldn't know who was on what team. But there are other times that no one wants to look alike. Can you imagine walking into prom wearing the same dress as everyone else?

It is a fact that we become like the people we spend time with. Not too long ago, there was a certain comedian that I was listening to a lot because he made me laugh so hard. It wasn't long before I actually started to talk like him. People would even say, "hey, you just sounded like that comedian!" Because I was spending time listening to this guy, I was becoming like him in some ways.

How great would it be for people to say, "hey, that was something Jesus would have done" or "hey, that sounded like something Jesus said when..." I want to shape my life so that I look and sound more like Jesus and Galatians 5:22-23 is a great place to start.

• Which of the qualities in Galatians 5 do you most need God to work on in your life?
• Is there anything in your life that fits in the list of Galatians 5:19-21? Ask God to change you and take that away from your life.

Pastor Dave