Who do we want to be?
For every generation it’s different. The inventor of myriad uses of the peanut was named George Washington Carver. His parents set his standards high.
Several decades ago it was Madonna, Sting, or Tiger.
Today, pick your poison: Hillary, Barrack, Donald, or Nancy. Maybe Rick. The ex-Texas governor is highly respected by many of his fellow Texans.
1 Peter 2:21 pegs the bar high:
“For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.”
Merriam-Webster tells us a role model is someone whose behavior is imitated by others. Good or bad. If people imitate us, we’re a role model.
How do we imitate Jesus? In how we speak to strangers; or the way we drive our cars? Maybe at work, when the day has us exhausted; that’s when we imitate Jesus most. How about with our kids, when they force us to say no one more time? Do we do it with the love of Christ?
This is a guarantee: Others are imitating us. Every day. Someone is out there watching, and what we do, they will incorporate into their daily behavior. Let’s make sure they are seeing Christ, so that our Lord comes out in them, also.
If we have Jesus inside, people will see him shine in everything we do.
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