How Well Do You Know Jehovah? - Conclusion of A MAN AGREEABLE TO JEHOVAH'S HEART

What is the lesson for us?  We need to do more than just ask Jehovah's help.  We must also try to recognize when ad how he gives us help.  If we humbly acknowledge our limitations, we will clearly see that Jehovah makes up for what we lack. And each time we see Jehovah  help us., our relationship with him will grow stronger.  Isaac, a brother in Fiji who has served Jehovah for many year, found this to be true.  He says: "Looking back on my life, I can see how Jehovah has helped me from the time I began to study the Bible until  today. As a result, Jehovah is very real to me."

David imitated Jehovah's qualities.  Jehovah created us with the ability to imitate his qualities. (Genesis 1:26)  The more we learn  about the qualities that make up Jehovah's personality, the better we will be able to imitate him. David came to know his heavenly Father well, so he was able to imitate Him when dealing with others.  Consider just one example. David sinned against Jehovah when he committed adultery with Bath-sheba and then had her husband killed. (2 Samuel 11:1-4, 15)  But Jehovah chose to show mercy to David, a man who had shown mercy to others. Because David had such a good relationship with Jehovah, he became one of Israel's most beloved kings and the standard by which Jehovah measured other kings of Israel. - 1 KINGS 15:11; 2 KINGS 14:1-3.

What is the lesson for us?  We need to be "imitators of God." Doing so not only benefits us but also helps us to get to know him. When we model our personality after his, we prove that we are his children - Read EPHESIANS 4:24; 5:1.

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