To be like Him

I Peter
3 "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—

(We don't feel so imperishable or fadeless, and sometimes tempted to dispondency or even dispair, but God says as long as we walk in obedience to his Spirit we can not perish, spoil, or fade. Probably the reason we don't feel this way is because it is not US but Christ within us.)
　
8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls

(We are still human when Christ abides in us and we are tempted to trust in what we can see, measure, or "put in the bank", instead of believing God's word being fully potent and true.)

Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

(If we are to be like him, we must be holy. He makes us holy, not any devices of our own.)

Some mechanical things we buy have maintenance plans available. Some are not worth the paper they are written on, but not God's promises. He not only has a perfect plan of maintenance but gives us his Spirit as a constant "mechanic" to see that all works according to God's plan.

Can't get any better than that.