Romans 8:28-39

28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

GOD is making up to making us like Him. GOD’s plan to create this earth and mankind in His image in His likeness.

Genesis 1:26

“Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness,”

Genesis 3, fallen angel came this earth, tempted Eve.

Genesis 3:7-9

7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

8Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”

They lost their likeness to our creator, image of GOD. Though it inferred with GOD’s plan it did not interfere GOD to change His plan.

Ephesians 1:4-6

4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5he^b predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

This is not something GOD reacted to, it was not surprised to GOD. He chose before the foundation of the world, it is not a surprise to GOD He is omniscient knows everything. He chose before the foundation of the world how He would respond beforehand in so doing He has provided for the redemption, salvation and forgiveness of mankind. GOD purpose is for us to be in likeness in image of His Son.

In your daily lives he is allowing our circumstances and situations, GOD says I am engineering every single one of them. GOD is personally involve and His purpose is to shape us in the likeness of His Son. When people meet us they meet Christ and be with us to be with Him. He is governing every single experience in our lives to bring us in the confirmative image of His Son.

GOD causes all things, “God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose”. GOD promise to us is to make us like His Son. Personal holiness. Every single thing we face in life GOD is using to confirm us to image of LORD Jesus Christ.

We have no strength ourselves, whatever drives Me to Him, drives My focus on LORD Jesus Christ makes me like Him. Holiness is absolute purity in thought, in actions and in mind. He comes after everything if it does not match and confirm likeness of His Son.

2 Corinthians 3:16-18

16But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

We are being transformed into His image with one glory to another. His goal is for us to be in Christ likeness.

2 Peter 1:3-4

3His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

Do you want to be like LORD Jesus? Allow My Holy Spirit who indwelt in you, to live out through you, the life in you. All I have to do is submission to the LORD.

< By responding to every experience and every circumstances in life, knowing that GOD is behind it,

< Allow the Holy Spirit to express the life of Christ moment by moment by walking in the Spirit, by walking in submission. Through the Spirit it happens.

I want your best LORD. His goal is for you to bear image of His Son. He loves you enough for you to be like Him.