"Be With Him To Become Like Him"
Episode Title
Be With Him to Become Like Him
Kingdom Corner Reading Room
📖 Episode Summary
On this first day of spring, we step into a new section of Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer—“Become Like Him.”
In this episode, Matt explores a sobering yet life-giving truth:
You are becoming someone… whether you realize it or not.
Drawing from the ancient wisdom of St. Benedict, the imagery of the skull, and the reality of our mortality, this episode calls us to live with eternity in view.
Because in the end, what matters most is not what we achieved—
but who we became.
🌱 Key Theme
Spiritual formation is not optional—it is inevitable.
The only question is:
👉 Who (or what) is forming you?
🔑 Key Takeaways
- Apprenticeship to Jesus has three movements:
- Be with Him
- Become like Him
- Do as He did
- We are always being formed
- Through habits
- Relationships
- Thoughts
- Environment
- Responses to life
- The reality of death clarifies life
- Life is short
- Time is precious
- Eternity matters
- Two kinds of virtues:
- Resume virtues → what we achieve
- Eulogy virtues → who we become
- Formation is directional
- Toward love, beauty, and Christlikeness
- Or toward distortion, hardness, and decay
- You are becoming a person
- Not static… but shaped daily
- Not accidental… but formed intentionally or passively
🧠 Core Insight
“The question is not—are you being formed?
The question is—who are you becoming?”
📜 Key References & Influences
- Practicing the Way — John Mark Comer
- The Rule of St. Benedict
- David Brooks — Resume vs. Eulogy Virtues
- C.S. Lewis — trajectory of the soul
- Dallas Willard — formation and the “way” we choose
🔥 Memorable Moments
- The skull on the desk as a daily reminder:
- “Don’t waste your life.”
- The contrast between:
- Distraction-driven culture
- vs. intentional spiritual formation
- The observation of elderly lives:
- People often become either deeply loving…
- or deeply bitter
💭 Reflection Questions
- Who am I becoming right now?
- What habits are shaping my life daily?
- Am I living for my resume… or my eulogy?
- What distractions are quietly forming me?
- How intentionally am I arranging my life around becoming like Jesus?
🙏 Closing Thought
Life is not drifting—it is forming.
Every moment is shaping you into someone.
So live with eternity in view…
and become a person of love through Jesus.
📅 What’s Next
- Tuesday:
- Kingdom People in the Pages of History
- (Continuing the Courage ARC)
- Next Reading Room Episode:
- Diving deeper into Spiritual Formation Defined
📣 Connect
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✨ Signature Close
Live with purpose.
Walk with Him.
Become like Him.
Good day, good day.
