live like jesus

I don’t believe Jesus was a procrastinator. I want to work on managing my time better. Getting up earlier. Making it happen! Owning the day!...then…before bed…plan for tomorrow!

You should try to get to know HIm better….What an awesome dude! Why would anyone model themselves after anyone else but Him?

Earlier today I was thinking about how Jesus understands peoples needs. In the Bible, Jesus healed people and saved them from their sins and he didn’t even need to ask them what was wrong. He could recognize a need before the person even spoke to him. Jesus helped them without them even asking for help. I know that a lot of that has to do with him being the son of God and 100% God. At the same time though he was 100% man. That leads me to believe that if I am filled with the Holy Spirit I should be able to perceive someones need without ever even talking to them. I want to be able to meet peoples needs because Jesus did, even if the only way for me to meet the need is to pray about it. This translates into a lot of areas in my life. At work, when a patient has a need I can do the best that I can to meet that need, whether it be praying with them- getting them a warm blanket- assisting their family members- going out of my way when I am exhausted. It translates to ministy in every sense- I can do the best that I can to assist my leaders, friends, peers, and students. Whenever there is a need I want to be able to do as Jesus would in that situation. This obviously requires a peak sensitivity to the holy spirit.

1st step in sensing and meeting others needs:
Seek the holy spirit more.

I’m reading Ephesians right now. I keep getting stuck on Eph. 4. It is really speaking to me about the kind of person I am right now. Lets just say it is very convicting. I really need to think about what I say before I say it. So often I say things that cut others down instead of building others up. One of the verses says simply “stop being rude”. That could convict me for the next 20 years. I really gotta watch what I say. I think I’m going to add two new goals…think before I speak and encourage people.

Really, when you think about it…why wouldn’t you want to? He was loving, kind, accepting, non-judgmental, reliable, motivated, comforting, and gave everyone hope. Shouldn’t we all be trying to live this way? What would the world be like if we did?