WWJD?
It just clicked with me. A big reason why I don't like the WWJD braclet thing. (ok. ok. ok. so you don't really see these braclet's anymore... I'm not that quick. )

Here it is.

I believe there are to many people in the world acting like Jesus. They need to stop. If you are acting like Jesus... or wondering what Jesus would DO... stop.

Don't get me wrong. I'm borderline grace + works = the Kingdom of Heaven these days. I guess I'm saying I wish more people were doing the things Christ did... but bear with me.

the world we live in values facades. (no news here)
so do we. (be honest)
there are to many people striving to act like Jesus. (did I say they need to stop?)
what if we are called to BE like Jesus.
What if we spent a significant amount of time focusing on our being?
Doing the hard work of introspection. Checking our motives. Seeing that our strengths are also our weaknesses.
Seeing that our strength are likely where our greatest struggle with sin rests.
What if we were still? What if we we did the hard work of solitude? What if we actually lived lives from who we are, not who we wish we were. I'll say that again in a different way.

What if we had the freedom to live and ACT from who we really are. What if we were able to push aside the facade of a Jesus like person and we were actually Christ like.

What if we stopped believing the lies we tell ourselves about ourselves?
What if we followed Jesus from our brokenness and weakness rather than our aptitudes and appearaces.

Frankly, we can't be like jesus, because we won't do the hard work within ourselves.
No wonder we fail so often acting like Jesus. We aren't like him. Do we even know him? or have we lost contact with him, or lost our centeredness of being because we are so damn busy acting.

Just some thoughts in my head.

posted by riddle at 1:05 PM | |