The Lord Jesus is the Word of God made flesh. Thus, the only way to have the dominion of his life outflow through you, is by receive Him into your life through the Word. When the Word gets into your heart, Christ is formed in your heart through the Word, you become the express image of His person. The Word is God’s thoughts passed into your spirit thereby making you become what it says, it produces in your life what it talks about.
Romans 12:2 says, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” The renewing of your mind is simply exchanging your thoughts for His thoughts. You replace your opinions with His, and see from His perspective. In Christianity, we’re called to express God; His thoughts, opinions, will and His righteousness.
The Father wants us to be like Jesus, because Jesus was the unveiling of the Father; the express image of His person. He was God in the body of a Jewish man from Nazareth. God wants to live out his life through you, this means he wants you to become a channel of distribution through which he reaches out to mankind. He is looking to extend his blessings to the nations through his children, this means wherever you show up, God is showing up through you.