When I Grow Up

Wisdom to Change

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head of Christ. Ephesians 4:15


When I grow up, I want to be a doctor. I want to be a nurse. I want to be a singer. I want to be the president of the United States. I want to be married and have lots of children and live happily ever after. I want to be just like Mike. We all have dreams of what we want to be when we grow up. But have you ever heard someone say, when I grow up I want to be like Jesus. No! I never heard anyone say they want to be like Christ. I want to preach the gospel or perform the miracles like Jesus did. You don’t hear this among people today.


I believe it has to do with what we saw growing up. If we saw things that did not represent Christ or heard things which did not line up with His Word, these are things we would imitate. What would make you want to be like Christ? Well, I saw my grandmother serve the Lord with all her heart and soul. She always prayed, giving thanks to God and when she praised Him; the very core of my spirit would shake. She would even have bible study with all her grandchildren every Wednesday night. I remember a time we played church, imitating my grandmother. We would shout, praise and give thanks just like she did. We even sang songs, clapped our hands and shouted just like she did when she praised Him. In church, I would watch her because I loved to see her praise the Lord. I’m so glad she lived a life that reflected Christ to me.


We need to be examples of Jesus to someone. Our lives should be shouting “Jesus is real and He loves you”! Our speech should always send out a sound that would cause men to draw to Christ. The life we live should reflect how awesome our God is. We must be examples of Christ in what we say, how we act and how we live our lives in order to reflect His love to a lost and dying world that needs hope. The Christ in us needs to be attractive. So attractive, people want what we have. This is exactly what my grandmother did. She gave me Jesus. She was my example of wanting to grow up and be like Christ.


So, when you grow up want do you want to be?


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