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Hi gentlemen, Jeff here, and posting my first video in the group. I’ve been lurking for a long time, but thanks to Christopher’s motivation and a little gentle peer pressure, I’m finally joining you all with these videos.
And on last week’s call, I heard something rather profound. Christopher was talking about doing the examinations and he said something I had not heard quite put that way before. In particular, what he said was that this particular examen we were looking at ourselves, and our day, our conduct in light of “What would Jesus do?”
And of course this is kind of simple cliche we’ve all heard used many times, but what it really made me think about was not just what would Jesus do from the standpoint of obvious good versus evil- we all kind of know, hopefully, how to choose right from wrong- but also in our lives we’re really aiming for something better.
And what our Lord did every moment of every day was perfection. He perfected the law and He perfected human conduct. And that’s what we’re called to do as well; not just to avoid the obvious evils, but also to always choose the higher good. And we make it to a point in our lives where Satan is no longer tempting us to choose something that’s overtly evil. It may be good enough for him that he simply tempts us to choose a lesser good than what God is calling us to.
And according to our state and life, that might be very difficult to discern, right? Do I spend extra time at my job working hard to get the approval of a superior or a client to make them happy, to make more money, maybe advance the company? Or is the higher good to leave the office on time, instead of staying late, so that I can go pray or exercise or spend time with my family- whatever the case may be?
So, choosing the higher good- “What would Jesus do?” That’s kind of my takeaway. Thanks for watching!