WWJD

I dont mean to beat this phrase to death but i have some thoughts on WWJD. It really doesn't seem to be a bad question to ask yourself when faced with moral or life decisions. I think there is a lot of good in it actually and it has some use. However, i dont think the practical use is the same as what most people see it for. I think WWJD works great for figuring out what we need to change in ourselves not in actually doing the right thing. Let me explain a little bit, when I ask myself this question i find that i am at a crossroad, i can choose what usually temporarily feels good or what brings glory to God and give me more ultimate satisfaction. For some reason its not hard to decide what Jesus would do (although there are excpetions) so why wouldnt this work and make us into Jesus impersonators? I think the key lies in the rest of it. How does an athlete do what he/she does? What we see is amazing ability on TV but what we dont see is what i think is the key. We dont see the hours of hard work in practice, the right diet, training, etc. I think we are powerless to do what Jesus did unless our underlife is training for those decisions. However, this stuff isn't sexy, its not appealing when looking at it from the outside. So many other things seem to be much more exciting and fulfilling. Jesus spent much of his time in prayer, meditation, fasting, solitude, simplistic living and scripture (although never seen in the gospels he seemed to have known the the Jewish scriptures by memory). Beside the first one, evangelicals have veered away from the rest. This is the time where a foundation is built. I really do believe that we are what we invest our time into. Jesus invested his time with his Father to know Him, to obey Him, to follow Him, to give Him glory. Afterall, Jesus didn't have the phrase WWJD, so how did he know which decision to make? By rooting into the Firm Foundation and when the decision came up he was able to soak up the power from the Father to be able to make the decision. I really think that these disciplines are lacking in our churches for the most part. I don't think we can expect anyone to make the right decisions without a source of power to make them. The disciples didn't just see Jesus turn the 5 into 5000 or heal the lame they also saw his more important side(more important meaning more time spent), the disciplines that enabled him to do those things. I am in the very early stages of coming to an understanding of this but i already recognize the importance of these things. I'm not claiming anything but grace has redeemed us, but im saying to live as Jesus did, as a disciple of Jesus we must strive to live like him in every aspect excpet for obvious cultural changes, i have not changed to a cloack and sandals yet. I know im making this sound way to simplistic and easy and im not giving you an answer to your problem, this is no magic pill, its really a way of life.

* this idea was birthed from the book called The Spirit of The Disciplines by Dallas Willard