¿WWJD?

"What Would Jesus Do?" It's that phrase from Sunday School, the same place you tried to answer every question with "Jesus!" or with an undeniable attribute of God. However, if every Christian is asking him/herself this question, "WWJD?", shouldn't we see a society in which the Christian is coinciding with others in love, and spreading the gospel to the wicked, the corrupt, and the broken? Okay. Maybe that's a lot to ask. Christ was perfect, and well, we aren't, so there is a small bit of room for error even if we try our 100% best. However, even in this scenario, the world should still be teeming with our efforts to love & show compassion. I pose a simple question: Is it?

I think the powerful acronym, "WWJD", has been buried under problems that we think are relative to this day in age. Finances. Politics. Work. People think that Sunday's are for Jesus, and the other days are for personal success and growth. It's about "What Should I Do?" during the weekdays, and the "old-fashioned" phrase of "WWJD?" is a once-in-while "church" thing.

I hope you noticed my quotation marks around old-fashioned, and know that I don't agree with any coined terms like it that seem to be prominent in the church. I believe that the "WSID" mentality is the reason for the civil uproar directed at the church. Society has a negative prejudice against Christians because we are stunningly hypocritical, going to worship God on Sunday's and making statements of submission to the Prince of Peace, but going through our weeks with the mentality of only helping ourselves, and occasionally doing what we think Jesus would do, but usually just doing what brings glory to ourselves. For example, one might make a poetic FB post about an empowering lesson from church, and during their week, ridicule others and defy the very lesson they supposedly gained from church.

We must regain our footing, and stop stumbling on new-age motives of self-glory. Christ is the same as yesterday, unchanging. Therefore, in our valiant effort to be Christ-like, shouldn't we show unchanging devotion to Christ, and continuously exhibit devotion?