In trying to walk "just as" Jesus walked, you must come to grips with a great deal of inconvenience. Most of the time, your plans will need to be interupted with opportunities that God is orchestrating for his emerging kingdom. Sure there are times you know that God is working around you; but for me, I tend to stumble upon those divine appointments with no advanced warning other than to be "ready".
A quick read of the gospels will give you a sense of Jesus' own perception as to how God was orchestrating events around his obedience. How many accounts of Jesus' daily activities start out something like, "Jesus was going somewhere when someone came to him and said..." Or, "Jesus was eating and some men asked him...". Even as Christ was literally walking to Jerusalem to die on a cross, people still interupted him.
If you feel like you are spinning your spiritual wheels in your mundane daily agenda, try looking around to the periphery of your life's experiences. Start noticing what people are interupting you, who is trying to get your attention, and who are the unusual characters in your life-drama. Ask youself every day, "What can I do to reveal the kingdom of God to the people who surround my life?"
John 5:26 says that God showed Jesus everything he was doing. I believe he will show us too, if we want to see
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