Daily writing prompt

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?

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Every day I seek to let Jesus live in and thru me. (Colossians 1:27) I focus on listening to and obeying Him day and night. He is my shepherd. Psalm 23 explains our otherworldly relationship.

If you are a Christ-follower, this world is not your home. (Hebrews 12:14) Your citizenship is in Heaven. (Philippians 3:20) You are called to live in this world as a foreigner and an exile (1 Peter 2:11) and as a stranger on earth. (Hebrews 11:13)

Jesus calls all of His followers to be “the light of the world.” (Matthew 5:14) If you are a Christian, you are supposed to be God’s light everywhere you go (Philippians 2:15) and not to be entangled in the world’s bondage and deceptions. (Galatians 5:1) Keep your focus on the risen Jesus, not on the affairs of the world. (2 Timothy 2:1-4)

Jesus wants you to be His disciple making missionary, not the world’s mission field. (Matthew 28:19-20) “The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.” (1 John 2:17) Therefore we look unto Jesus. (Hebrews 12:2) “We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”2 Corinthians 4:11)

Refuse to be conformed to the culture and customs of your country. Instead, be transformed by aligning your mind to the risen Jesus (Romans 12:2) and making your every thought obey Him. (2 Corinthians 10:5)

Christian ministry isn’t supposed to be a career that brings notoriety, prestige, and financial prosperity. Christianity is supposed to be “a holy priesthood,” (1 Peter 2:5) “a kingdom of priests,” (Revelation 1:6) all called to minister to one another by meeting together to spur each other on to love and good works and to encourage one another. (Hebrews 10:24-25) True Christianity begins when Christians deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and obey the risen Jesus. (Luke 9:23)