January 27

Just Like Jesus

Be likeminded, having the same love (Philippians 2:2, KJV).

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11

Song: “O to Be Like Thee!”

For her book Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, Karen Blumenthal’s title is a celebration of one man’s ability to think different than everyone else. When Jobs came on the scene, groupthink was stifling creativity in the business world. It took an individual like Jobs to create such products as the iPod, iPad, and the iPhone. And with them, he rose to the front ranks of the digital revolution.

In his final years, battling cancer, he reflected on the difference all this creative thinking made in the world. One conclusion seemed to crystalize at the end: life is a fragile, precious, short-lived gift. Jobs even changed his mind about technology revolutionizing the world. He told an interviewer, “We’re born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. Technology is not changing it much—if at all.”

The real revolution in life starts with thinking just like Jesus Christ! His love is totally different, and now we are just continuing the love He started—no need to be different. As Paul said, we are to have “the same love” (v. 2) from the same mind. “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus” (v. 5).

Are you just like Jesus? First, do you have the same love—not a different love? Second, does it flow with the same motives—not with different motives? Does it display the same humble, sacrificial service that is His hallmark?

Dear Jesus, help me to be worthy of the name Christian by being just like You. In Your name, amen.