Be as you wish to seem

We are constantly bombarded with messages telling us how we are supposed to seem. As if there is a certain way in which we are supposed to behave in a society that has lost all perspective on what it means to actually be something.

Culturally, the word be is understood as;

1) To exist in actuality, have life or reality

2) To occupy a specific position

3) To remain in a certain state or situation undisturbed, untouched, or unmolested

4) To take place; occur

When used as a copula the word be means;

1) To equal in identity

2) To have same significance

3) To belong to a specified class or group

4) To have or show a specified quality or characteristic

5) To seem to consist or be made of

So from these definitions of the word be, one must assert that when the Bible tells us we are to be like Christ the task at hand is no mole hill.

Essentially, what this means is, we, as followers of Christ, must have or show a specific quality or characteristic that Christ does.

We must seem to consist of or be made of Christ.

In other words, everything we do, think, say or participate in must be of Christ.

So, when we see the quote, "Be as you wish to seem" we must understand that to mean if you wish to be one with Christ you must do what Christ did, think what Christ thought, pray like Christ prayed, believe like Christ believed.

We must also understand what it means to be. Spiritually, if we want to be like Christ we must exist like Christ did. We must be what Christ is!