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The Perfect Example
Have you ever, in a single day, compared your watch with various clocks you come across in your travels? I have, and sometimes it is quite astounding to notice the difference. Some clocks may vary a minute or two, others several minutes, and I have seen some that are stopped altogether. Then there is the atomic clock reputed to be the most accurate type of timepiece in the world, designed to measure time according to vibrations within atoms. However, even this type of clock is dependent on certain conditions for its accuracy.
This reminds me of believers who take their model for life from other Christians. While we are thankful for the godly example of others in our life, yet we need to have Christ, the perfect example, as our model. “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps” (1 Peter 2:21). “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2).
Today we may wonder which clock or watch is really telling the correct time. But we don’t have to wonder who to follow as the perfect example for life. Many times, the Lord told individuals, “Follow Me.”
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