The past few days my picture of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus has been clarified.  If you’ve walked in Christian circles for a while you’ve heard this phrase: “Becoming a disciple of Jesus”.  But what does that mean?  How do you become a disciple? 

Back to what God has been teaching me.  The other morning my son came into the bathroom as I was getting ready and he said, “today I’m going to wear my white shirt too.”  I asked him why he was going to do that and he said this, “I want to be just like you.”  He then proceeded to show me his pants which were the same brand as mine…he calls them his “daddy jeans”.  He then asked me what color socks I was wearing…I told him black so he went to his room and came back with his black socks.  I put on some cologne…he requested the same. I then went out to iron my white shirt and he insisted I iron his as well. 

Aiden’s behavior at 4 years old models “discipleship”…when you become a disciple of Jesus you are saying to him continuously: “I want to be like you.” ”I want to think like you do.” ”I want to act like you do.” ”I want to love like you do.”  

I’ve been challenged to think more and more about who I want to be like?  Do I long to be like Jesus…because that’s the road to being His disciple.  This idea hasn’t ever been so vivid.  To be a disciple is to “imitate” someone else.  Might it be our desire to “be-like” Jesus Christ.