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One day St. Francis of Assisi said to one of the young monks at the monistary, “Let us go down to the town and preach!”
The novice, delighted at being singled out to be the companion of Francis, obeyed with enthusiasm.
They passed through the main streets, turned down many of the byways and alleys, made their way into the suburbs, and at great length returned by a winding route to the monastery gate.
As they approached it, the younger man reminded Francis of his original intention.
“You have forgotten, Father, that we went to the town /to preach!”/
“My son,” Francis replied, “we /have /preached.
We were preaching while we were walking.
We have been seen by many; our behavior has been closely watched; it was then that we preached our morning sermon.
It is of no use, my son, to walk anywhere to preach unless we preach everywhere as we walk.”
As we read the stories from the Bible, which describe how people in the past experienced God at work in their midst, we glimpse God with us too.
As God worked through people like Moses and Paul, God calls us to  give leadership, to be examples to others of God’s love.
The authors of DEUTERONOMY, writing in the 8th century BCE, sought to interpret the history of Israel in a way that would provide insight into the meaning of the catastrophic destruction of their nation, and provide guidance for the future of those surviving.
Presented as Moses’ address to the Israelites before they moved across the Jordan River, it is a warning against abandoning the way to which God has called the people.
Following the destruction of Israel, people must have wondered how to identify the real voice of God from the claims of the Jimmy Bakkers of their day.
Here the writers of Deuteronomy use Moses’ farewell as a way of reminding their contemporaries that it was none other than God who had made the promise to provide prophets modeled after Moses, after his example.
This may have been understood to mean the succession of prophets who had appeared throughout Israel’s history and who, for the most part, had been  ignored or rejected.
As time passed, however, the Hebrew people came to view these words as a promise that there would one day come a single great prophetic figure, the Messiah.
In another story of Moses, the writer of Numbers expresses the hope that all God’s people would be prophets (Num.
11:29).
In what ways might we be called as God’s prophets today?
Leslie Flynn points out that the Italian word for /influence/ is /influenza//.
/The word /influenza/ was introduced into English in the mid-1700s, apparently coming from the Italian phrase which attributed the origin of this sickness to an /influenza di freddo// /(influence of the cold).
We are, by our very natures, very contagious people—our example tends to spread to others as easily as the flu.
Everyone exerts influence.
In today’s reading from 1st CORINTHIANS, Paul explores the question of being an example, an infulence.
Addressing concerns raised in the church about food laws, Paul urges faithful Christians to see themselves as members of a larger community.
Our actions have an influence or impact upon the rest of the community of faith.
Even if a thing does not affect me, if it causes you harm, then it’s a concern for me, too.
For Paul, the yardstick of faith is not knowledge but loving actions.
What impact do our personal choices have on others, especially the poor, the hungry, and those trapped in the midst of abuse or violence, both locally and globally?
What causes are we prepared to research and support?
To not decide is to decide.
Of what am I an example?
Most of us have seen the bracelets, and other items that have four letters: WWJD—What Would Jesus Do?
Many of us have probably had some of those items in our homes.
I have this fridge magnet that Emma and Grace made.
This saying has become a guiding principle for many Christians.
The WWJD movement started in 1989 when the youth group at Calvary Reformed Church in Holland, Michigan, studied Charles Sheldon’s 1896 novel, In His Steps.
In the novel, a group of church members try to allow every thought and action to be shaped by the question: “What would Jesus do?”
Calvary’s youth group took Sheldon’s model to heart and made up colorful woven bracelets to wear as a reminder of that powerful question.
Soon people throughout their community were wearing the bracelets, and it grew from there.
And now, the letters WWJD can be found on a multitude of books, T-shirts, and other merchandise.
To date, an estimated 14 million bracelets have been sold.
But the message of WWJD should not be taken for granted due to overexposure.
As simple as it seems, sometimes the question—What Would Jesus Do?—still leaves us wondering.
And as we wonder how to apply WWJD, we began to realize that we need to do is to stop wondering about it and start working on it.
Charles Sheldon built his book “In His Steps” on the passage from 1 Peter 2:21 which says of Jesus:
For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in His steps.
(1 Peter 2:21)
So, it’s admirable and biblical to ask “What Would Jesus Do?” in the decisions we face each day, but what if we accept an even greater challenge that that.
What if we go beyond “What Would Jesus Do?” and commit to “DWJD”—Doing What Jesus Did!
What did Jesus do?
What example did Jesus leave us as a model for our lives?
If we don’t know what Jesus did in his life, how can we expect to know what He would have us do in ours?
The /Christian Herald/ once carried an article about a senior executive of one of the largest banks in New York City.
He told how he had risen to a place of prominence and influence.
At first he served as an office boy.
Then one day the president of the company called him aside and said, “I want you to come into my office and be with me each day.”
The young man replied, “But what could I do to help you, sir?
I don’t know anything about finances.”
“Never mind that!
You will learn what I want to teach you a lot faster if you just stay by my side and keep your eyes and ears open!” “That was the most significant experience of my life,” said the now-famous banker.
“Being with that wise man made me just like him.
I began to do things the way he did, and that accounts for what I am today.”
With that in mind, look at seven priorities that guided Jesus as we attempt to position ourselves at his side
Jesus was committed to Prayer, Acceptance, Compassion,  Truth,  Teaching, Servant hood & Equipping
Jesus demonstrated intimacy with God by seeking him continually in prayer.
Forty-five times the gospels tell us that Jesus went alone to pray.
Every aspect of his life and ministry was saturated with prayer.
Mark 1 chapter gives us a glimpse of Jesus early in his ministry:
Verse 37 says “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place.
And He was praying there.
36Simon and his companions went searching for Him.
37They found Him and said, “Everyone’s looking for You!”   (Mark 1:35-37)
His life was swirling with people, needs, and opportunities.
Jesus ministered around the clock.
Still, he would make time to talk with God and concentrate on God’s purposes.
He might sleep less or work less, but he would find time to pray.
If we are going to live by this example, and therefore be an example to others.
If we are going to Do What Jesus Did we must make prayer a priority in our lives.
Jesus demonstrated the love of God by accepting the castaways of society.
Luke 5 offers a good example.
Shortly after accepting Jesus’ invitation to follow him, Levi (later known as Matthew) held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them
But as we read on in Luke we find “the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to His disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31Jesus replied to them, “The healthy don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.
32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:30-32)
On the social scale of the day, tax collectors were some of the most despised individuals around.
In some ways they were even more hated than the Romans themselves because they were seen as traitors to the Nation, and traitors to God.
An upstanding individual would not associate with them at all.
But Jesus not only talked to Levi, he asked the man to become his disciple.
To follow Jesus example for us, to Do What Jesus Did we are going to have be accepting of all kinds of people.
Every person on this planet has value to the Lord and we need to begin treating those different from us with the kind of love and acceptance Jesus gave to those around Him.
Jesus was an example of compassion; he was a healer of broken lives.
By the power of God’s Spirit, Jesus provided for people’s physical and spiritual needs.
He cast out demons, healed broken bodies, raised the dead, and forgave the sins of the guilty.
Jesus proved that God’s power is sufficient to meet every need.
If we want to Do What Jesus Did then we are going to have to be willing to involve ourselves in the lives of others.
Compassion requires action—it means we will have to be willing to get close enough to people to truly understand what they are experiencing—and then be willing to experience it with them.
Jesus was committed to TRUTH  He cleansed the temple because people were using God’s house for their own gain.
We need to do the same.
If Jesus spoke out in defence of the truth then we need to “Do What Jesus Did” and be willing to take a stand for what is right.
However, we must not become so focused on what we might characterize the “evil” of the world that we forget that it was the “religious” people who took the majority of Jesus’ criticism.
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