Becoming Jesus
There is a book that recently came out entitled, “Becoming” by the former United States First Lady Michelle Obama. In the book, she talks about how she came to be who she is - she writes about her roots, the way she found her voice, about being a mom, her time in the White House and other things.
With our human wills operating in us, we are like caterpillars crawling around on leaves. But with God’s Will operating in us, we start the transformation of becoming creatures that can soar with God in His Fiats of Redemption, Creation and Sanctification.
So much of our American culture is about celebrating and developing ourselves, including our gifts, talents and making an impact on the world. And a lot of these things are good - but there is a much, much better way to have a positive impact on the world. And it isn’t by “finding” ourselves - instead, it is by “losing” ourselves - and then finding everything in Jesus. In fact, it is by BECOMING JESUS that we have the greatest impact on earth - and even in heaven!
This is all possible by the Gift God revealed He wants to give us - the gift of living WITH, IN and FOR His Divine Will. He shared these messages about this gift with Luisa Piccarreta. She wrote them all down and we can read about them in the Book of Heaven (36 volumes of her diary entries).
What does “becoming Jesus” mean?
To do everything to please Jesus.
To offer to God all Jesus did.
To offer to God everything you do united with Jesus in God’s Will.
In this way, we transform into Jesus. Like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.
It is quite simply - uniting what you do (your work, prayers, sufferings, movements, breathes, thoughts, affections, desires…) and who you are to Jesus and His things.
And then offering those very things to God. For what? For souls. For God’s glory. To ease the sufferings of Jesus. To become closer to God.
In addition to offering our things united to Jesus’ things, we can also take Jesus’ own things and offer them to God. Jesus gave us His blood, His wounds, His movements, His prayers…His body. His soul. His Divinity. His words… for us to give God. And He delights when we take them, and offer them up to God as our own. We can do this by operating with God’s Will.
“I want you to make my pains, my prayers and all of Myself your own, in such a way that I may find in you another Me. In these times I want great satisfactions, and only one who makes Me his own can give them to Me. That which the Father found in Me – glory, delight, love, satisfactions whole and perfect, and for the good of all – I want to find in these souls, like as many other Jesuses that match Me.”
As we start to use God’s Will to do everything in life, we become other Jesuses on earth. The change is radical - like a caterpillar that can only walk on leaves/grass within short distances to turning into a butterfly that can fly across countries.
To do this…
1) Make the intention of placing yourself in God’s Will
2) Take hold of something in God’s Will - like Jesus’ wounds
3) Offer them to God for the salvation of souls and God’s glory. And ask God’s will on earth be done.
PRAYER EXAMPLE:
“Holy Father God, I intend to place myself within Your Will, and in Your Will I take hold of the blood of Jesus. And I offer it now to You for the salvation of souls. Amen.”
Read the “Book of Heaven” to learn more about Luisa’s messages.