A prayer to be like God is ultimately a prayer for holiness. God is holy and that is what we are to be like. God is love and that is what we are to be like. Holy-Love is the mark of the DNA of those who are born of God. It is the character of God that is being reproduced in the life of His children. It is that for which we have misnamed hungers and misdirected desires. Our desire to be with God and like God is to be at the heart of our very being.
O to be like Thee, blessed Redeemer- this is my constant longing and prayer.
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures, Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.
O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee, Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art!
Come in Thy sweetness; come in Thy fullness.
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.
O to be like Thee! While I am pleading, pour out Thy Spirit; fill with Thy love.
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling; fit me for life and heaven above.
O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee, Blessed Redeemer, pure as thou art!
Come in Thy sweetness; come in Thy fullness.
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart. -Thomas O. Chisholm
