Matt Pritchard

What Would Jesus Do? Really????

// October 21st, 2006 // Commentary

I’m sitting at the Boston Rescue Mission with my friend Jen. It is a wonderful morning. Last night we went to an evening service with some of the workers and residence. During the service (and this was not related to what was being said and this is not a new idea), it occurred to me “What Would Jesus Do?” The answer is simultaneously simple and immensely difficult, John 5:19 “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” Put even more straightforwardly, it is to obey our love and grace showering Father. We are not called to simply emulate the life of Christ (though He provides many amazing examples for us), but rather to, like Him, listen to the Holy Spirit and obey the Father. It’s less of a question of “What Would Jesus Do?” and more of a question of what the Dad who loves us has shown and said for us to do.