What Would Jesus Do?

What would Jesus do? That seems to be the most popular phrase going in the Christian world at this present time. But what does it really mean? How should we apply it to our own lives in this present age? Would Jesus react or respond to things in this modern day, as we usually do? Or, would Jesus have his own unique way of responding to things in a way that we never could?
In the Christian world, an honest and sincere person knows that to call himself a Christian, is to desire to be Christ like. We set ourselves up with goals of determination to become like Christ, in our actions, our spoken words, and in our compassion towards others. But unfortunately, we seem many times, to fall short of being like Christ.
All situations in our lives, requires a response of some kind. Some responses are happy, joyous, excited, humorous, sad, grievous, angry, or vengeful. But when faced with a situation of some kind other than a happy one, and to say,” what would Jesus do",in no way allows us to compare ourselves to Jesus, as to what response we will give.
You see, for us to attempt to respond as Jesus would, is simply something that we cannot do. This is not to say that when we respond with love, compassion, honesty, sincerity, and integrity, that we are responding improperly. For these are the things that we as Christians are required to do. But for us, these are unnatural responses. These are acquired attributes of God's nature, which in reality, is really who God is.
The reason: all of humanity have been born into sin. It’s our nature to respond to less than happy circumstances with anger, malice, hatred, or revenge. So due to this fact, there is no possible way that we could respond as Jesus would.
Jesus Christ was born completely perfect. There was no sin in his life nor guile found in his mouth. Jesus Christ, was God Almighty manifested in the flesh, which in that case, all of what God is, was wrapped in a robe of flesh, making it a sinless body.
(Colossians 2:9-For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily). The completeness of God, his nature, his love, his perfection was found in Jesus Christ. Because of this, he knew how to respond to every situation that he was faced with. God’s ways are above our ways and his thought are higher than our thoughts.(scrip. ref. Isaiah 55:9).
Sometimes we can respond to a situation properly by the words we may say or in the actions that we perform. But because of our nature of the flesh and our being born into sin, what we do may be right, but what's in our heart may not be right. That is not always the case though. I am sure that most of the time when we do the right things, that we do mean it from our hearts. But there are those times when we are not right in our hearts about some situations, even though what we do or say is the right thing. But that was definitely not the case with Jesus. Being perfect as he was, his responses to all situations were always proper in his words and actions, and most importantly, that was what was in his heart.
To ask the question,” what would Jesus do",should not expect an answer of, “ well I think this is what Jesus would do".If it does, we’re only kidding ourselves.
We cannot give an exact response or reaction to our circumstance as Jesus would. But what we can do is, abide in his word, study it, live it, and allow the light of his word to light the very paths that we take in life. By doing so, we allow God's perfect nature to work in us and through us, and as we grow with God, our responses can be of the very attributes of God.
The phrase,” what would Jesus do",is a very good motto that all Christians should apply to their lives. But just remember that our natural responses to things will probably not be as to what Jesus would do. But his attributes can be in our responses in life, after we have been born again.
So the next time you are in a situation that appears less favorable, go ahead say it,” what would Jesus do",and know that his attributes of love can be in your response, if you let it.
Dec 4,1997