A Joyful EasterSample

Spitting Image

During an outing, we met a woman who had known my husband’s family since he was a child. She looked from Alan to our son, Xavier. “He’s the spitting image of his daddy,” she said. “Those eyes. That smile. Yep. Looks just like him.” As the woman delighted in acknowledging such a strong resemblance between father and son, she even noted similarities in their personalities. Still, though they are alike in many ways, my son doesn’t reflect his father perfectly.

There’s only one Son—Jesus—who reflects His Father completely. Christ is the “image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation” (Colossians 1:15). In Him and through Him and for Him all things were created (v. 16). “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (v. 17).

This Easter, together we can discover the Father’s character by looking at Jesus—God in the flesh. He invites you to witness His love in action by examining how He interacts with others in Scripture and in our day-to-day living. If we’ve surrendered our lives to Christ and received the gift of the Holy Spirit, we can also grow in knowing and trusting our loving Father. He transforms us to reflect His character, so we can live for Him.

What a joy it would be if others could say we look just like Jesus!

Xochitl Dixon

Today’s Prayer:

Jesus, You came to earth to show us what our heavenly Father looks like. Reveal Yourself to me in fresh ways, and help me draw closer to You.