Lately I have found its simplicity to need more definition. I have been working on creating some core characteristics of what I think people who are L2L&LLJesus might look like. I have 6 so far, and I would love thoughts on what is either overstated or missing from my list.
HERE is the LIST:
1. Crazy in Love with God
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. ~Psalm 63:3
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. ~Matthew 5:8
2. Becoming Whole in God’s Community.
23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
~Hebrews 10:23-25
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. ~John 15:12-13
3. Seeing Others with God’s Eyes.
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. ~Matt 9:36
1 Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. ~Ephesians 5:1-2
4. Knowing and Living God’s Truth.
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. ~Hebrews 1:1-2
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. ~Hebrews 4 :12
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only [Son], who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. ~John 1:14
5. Living to Bless Others
...I will show you my faith by what I do. ~James 2:18b
Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. ~Matthew 6:10
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." ~Matthew 28:18-20
6. Depending on God in all Things.
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. ~MARK 1:35
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another humbly in love. ~Galatians 5:13
>While I think that there is a long way to go on the language used to describe the main points, they have helped me further my understanding of what it means to be a Jesus follower in my own life.
What are your thoughts?
