As a young Christian I can remember singing songs like “More Like Thee”, “O To Be Like Thee”, and “More About Jesus”. But how would I go about living those songs?

First, I attended the church of Christ. I learned that I loved Jesus and that I had a wide gulf to CROSS. So, Phillip Steyn presented the Gospel to me. That made me realize that I needed to be baptized for salvation.

Second, I needed to undergo an uncomfortable change. The more I got to know Jesus the more I realized how unlike Him I was.

• I had to leave my “holy huddle” and instead start “huddling” with sinners (Lk.15:1).

• I had to get comfortable afflicting the comfortable (Mt.23:25-27) & comforting the afflicted (Mt.11:28-30).

• I had to care less about catering to the found and more about reaching the lost (Lk.5:31-32) and ministering to discarded (Js.1:27).

• I had to care less about feathering my own nest (Phil.2:5-7) and more about simplifying my life (Mt.10:9f).

Third, I needed to make sure it was never about me and always about others (Mk.10:45).

Friend, do you REALLY want to be like Jesus?