Not WWJD but WDJS

“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you” (Psalm 119:11).

It was all the rage back a few decades to ask, “What Would Jesus Do?”

While this was a good sentiment and had disciples consider Jesus in life situations, this is the wrong question for disciples to be asking.

The fundamental problem with asking “What Would Jesus do?” is that it still puts the onus of determining what Jesus would or would not do on the one asking the question.

And that would be fine, if I were fine, if you were fine. But the problem is that we are all selfish, repeat sinners.

When we are asking, “What Would Jesus Do?” we’re assuming that selfish, repeat sinners would know and choose what a holy and perfect God would do. When we are asking this question, we are assuming that our selfishness and sinfulness would not interfere.

That’s the problem.

So, then, what is the solution? God has already told us. It’s all in his word. The question we ought to be asking is, “What has Jesus Said?” or “What has God Already Declared?”

Take the guessing game out. Take the selfish sinner out of the equation. Go to the source – God himself and do what he says.