BIG Words

"Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ." 1 Corinthians 11:1

I don't know about you, but as for myself, I could never feel comfortable saying that. What kind of man must Paul have been to pen words like that. I think he must have been aware of the consequences of saying something that bold. I don't think Paul would write something like this in a presumptuous manner, rather he wanted to get a point across. He follows Christ. Closely. Make no mistake about it, Paul had his mistakes even while serving the Lord, but he was a man intent on serving Christ with all he had, bar none. I respect that. He knew that when he stumbled and momentarily lapsed into a life of sin he once lived, that he would most certainly face judgment and even malevolence, yet he spoke boldly of his attempt to follow closely.
Oh, how sweet it would be if we could all be so dauntless; so courageous! In my life, I have readily sat under a canopy of comfort, but rarely have I strode to follow Christ gallantly. I speak for myself, and likely any of my readers, when I say we need more. We need to seek more, trust more, DO more. I like Paul. He is fearless. However, not only was Paul brave enough to shout Christ's supremacy from rooftops, He was brave enough to say follow me. He said follow me because I am following Jesus extremely close, and I can guide you. I want to live a life that is not only bold with ignorant bliss, yet bold with some substance. I want to live a life that is of Christ; his words, his steps, his love.
Like a wise song once said from a book about a forest full of animals and one small child named Mowgli: "I wanna be like you, I wanna be like you, talk like you, too..."