LIVING LIKE JESUS

LIVING LIKE JESUS


A few years ago=there
WAS a movement called
WWJD=or WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?


There were bracelets and t-shirts=
And a great MOVEMENT


NONE of us can actually live like
Jesus=or even COMPARE ourselves
To him


But we can TRY to LIVE
Like Jesus=by LIVING out
Of love=out of kindness= and
Out of forgiveness


“For we do NOT
Have a high priest
Who is unable


To sympathize
With our weaknesses


But ONE who has similarly
BEEN TESTED-
In every way-
Yet without sin” Hebrews 4:15


After all=HOW can we compare
Ourselves=to the one
Who was BOTH fully human
And fully DIVINE


At the same time=it is
NOT FAIR to compare ourselves
To anyone else either


Maybe the BEST we can be=
The BEST WAY we
Can LIVE like Jesus


Is SIMPLY being the best
We can be=
Being a BETTER VERSION of
Ourselves than yesterday=
Than last month=
And last year


“For who in the skies above
Can COMPARE
With the LORD?


Who is like
The Lord
Among the heavenly being?” Psalm 89:6


“With whom-then-
Will you COMPARE GOD?


To what image
Will you liken him?” Isaiah 40:18


“Again he asked=
'What shall I COMPARE
The kingdom of God to?........'” Luke 13:20


While it is TRUE
We CANNOT compare ourselves
To Jesus


It is also true
That each day
Should BRING US


A little closer
To the IMAGE of Jesus


Jesus has given us
A HIGHER STANDARD
To shoot for


But we don't
Have to do it ourselves=
Jesus invites us
To WALK WITH him


To EMBRACE our weaknesses
And TEST our faith
Just as he did


We are NEVER ALONE=
God and Jesus=are ALWAYS
With us


“TEST me Lord-
And try me
Examine my heart
And my mind” Psalm 26:2


“Do not conform
To the pattern
Of this world


But be transformed
By the renewal
Of your mind


Then you will be able
To TEST and approve
What God's will is--------
His good-pleasing-
And perfect will” Romans 12:2


We are to TRY to LIVE
LIKE JESUS=and God the Father
Never leaves us alone=
As we face life's
Toughest challenges and choices


Dear Lord=dear JESUS=help us=
HELP ME=to be
LIVING more like you=and lose
My own selfish needs and wants


In Jesus' name and in the name=of the HOLY ALMIGHTY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
4-18-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Steve Givens