Being like Jesus

Calvin said imitate Jesus. Bavinck wrote about it. It's the most under-the-radar practice a Christian can do. To be just like Jesus in any given moment, event, situation, circumstance. It's a true shock. 

If we know Jesus it is easy to imagine. To do.

And it gets one into strange territory. For instance, I'm sitting here watching a sporting event. What would Jesus be doing in a human body on Earth with some down time? I think he'd be communing with the stars. The heavenly host. 

Of course Jesus would always have a strong aim. We don't have his work to accomplish. So when we emulate Jesus it's more a dialing our fallen nature back in and composing ourselves. 

Joy plays a role too. C. S. Lewis defined joy as: “[A]n unsatisfied desire which itself is more desirable than any other satisfaction.”

A state or feeling of not needing anything else to be complete. 

https://pursuingveritas.com/2014/05/29/c-s-lewis-on-meaning-and-joy/

Somewhat like the fact that we are actually surrounded by stars. Beneath us, above us, around us. Imaging tapping that energy. You'd see a different world. Experience a different world.

Also, in play is the notion that you have to have language inside you to see things outside you. To really see the New Jerusalem, for instance, and for it to be truly real, you have to meditate upon it, the language of it, and stoke that imagery up. Find different sources. Obviously the Bible. Thomas Watson is good for this. His Lord's Prayer book, the part about Thy Kingdom come, he goes deep into describing the Kingdom of God.