The chorus, from the little boy's perspective goes: "He said, I've been watching you, dad ain't that cool? I'm your buckaroo, I want to be like you..." A simple and sweet song, "Watching You" describes how we emulate who teaches us.
As a follower of Christ, how am I emulating my Maker, my Savior, my Lord? That's what Francis Chan's Multiply challenges believers to examine. I'm so blessed to attend a Church that takes this mission seriously - because being a disciple of our Savior - making Him Lord of every aspect of our life is what it's all about. My small group embarks upon an 8 week study to test ourselves and encourage one another to more closely follow Him, with our crosses, each day, in everything.
Ephesians 2 so beautifully describes the gift of salvation we've been given - because of God's grace. We're praying that our Church, and the church, would embrace the full responsibilities of citizenship of His Kingdom - emulating, and being "like Christ" in all we do, by the power of the Holy Spirit, so that others will see HIM through US. That's how we "multiply." Lord, may our hearts "want to be like you."
Ephesians 2:17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
