Question:
How do we follow Christ, since we can’t walk directly in His footsteps?

Answer:

We receive instruction from Him through His Word.  We have love for fellow Christians, as Jesus did. “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another” (John 13:34). We imitate how He acted in situations. Ephesians 5:1,2:  “Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.” We don’t have the power in ourselves to follow Christ. Galatians 2:20: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” He’ll give us the desire to love God, but we don’t have the power in ourselves.  The Spirit is the One who causes us to bear fruit as long as we abide in Christ. John 15:5: “I am the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.”