WWJDTY?

If your a Christian then you know what the letters WWJD stand for. They stand for What Would Jesus Do. It was meant to help Christians live a life that would more closely resemble Jesus. It became a huge thing a couple of years ago and there were WWJD bracelets, hats, shirts, watches....you name the product and you could get one with a WWJD tag on it. Again the point was that when you were in a moment of decision, you would look at your bracelet and that would remind you to think "If Jesus were in my shoes, what would He do?" and then you would do that.

However, I always have had a problem with that. I mean I think we are suppose to live a life that closely resembles the life Jesus lived but I am not sure this is the best way.

First of all, we have to assume we know what Jesus would do in our situation. We can guess what He would do based on what we know of Him and what we Have seen Him do in the Gospels but realistically we don't know what He would do. In fact there were many times when Jesus disciples, who might I add were with Him 24-7, thought they knew what Jesus was going to do but then Jesus would do something totally unexpected right up to and including dying on a cross.

Second, there are times when we know what Jesus would do but since we are not Jesus and never will be, we are not capable of doing what He would do. For example, if we see a blind man on the street asking us for help, Jesus would go and put some mud on his eyes and heal the man but you and I cannot do that. Don't get me wrong, I believe the Holy Spirit can heal anyone and He can do it using us but Jesus was God and He Himself had the ability and the power to heal people. I can go on and on about healing the sick and feeding thousands of people but I think you get my point.

So here is my suggestion. I think we need to modify, What Would Jesus Do Through You? Again, we are not Jesus, we are not God, we are not all powerful...however we can and are still used by God and we have the Power of the Holy Spirit in us. So, the question then becomes not What Jesus Would Do but what does Jesus want me.... (insert your name here) with all my weaknesses, shortcoming and faults, what does God want me to do in this situation as me trying to be more like Him?

Now this means that because your constantly changing, the answer to that question is always changing because it takes into your account who you are and your spiritual maturity. For example, lets say your a new Christian and you have faith in God but it may not be as strong as it could be and you come across someone in need of financial help. You open your wallet and you see you have a 100, 20 and 5 dollar bill inside. So because things are tight financially you pull out the $5 and give it to the person. Maybe that is what Jesus wanted you to do at that moment in your life.

But lets say 20 years down the line you are faced with a similar situation with the same bills in your wallet. But now you have seen God come through for you financially many times that you now realize that God can see you through anything. So even though things are still tight financially, you now trust that God will take care of you so you decide this person really needs the $100 dollar bill more than your do. Maybe that's what Jesus wanted you to do that time.

The fact is that we don't know a lot of things but we do know that God wants us to be more like His Son but God also knows are shortcomings and I think we can only do what we can do where God has us right now.