The concept for this book, Reflecting Christ in Your Walk, came when I finally understood the concept of “agency” in the ancient world. An agent did not simply represent a higher authority but acted as if he (or she) had “become” that person.

A clear example in Scripture is Joseph who wore the signet ring of the pharaoh. When he placed the ring in molten wax and then stamped the ring’s image on a legal document, it was as if the pharaoh himself were authorizing the legality of the document. Joseph did not become the pharaoh, but it was as if he were the pharaoh with all the pharaoh’s power and authority.

The concept of agency is explained in the pharaoh’s words to Joseph.

“You shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you.”  As

Therefore, Jesus (Yeshua) was over God’s house (His people), and God has delegated to him all the power and authority of God. Only in the throne is God greater than His son. Then we read….

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt…. Then he [pharaoh] had him [Joseph] ride in his second chariot. And they proclaimed before him, “Bow the knee!” And he [pharaoh] set him over all the land of Egypt. Gen 40-41,43

Joseph did not become the pharaoh but  acted as if he were the pharaoh. This is the key to understanding not only the relationship between Yeshua and God, but equally important is the desired relationship between the disciples and their Lord Yeshua.

The disciples are urgently encouraged to become like Yeshua by speaking, acting, and treating others as if they were their Lord Yeshua. They have not become Yeshua, but it is as if they are Yeshua in the way they live and act.

This understanding of “agency” explains two cryptic verses in the New Testament.

He [Yeshua] is the image of the invisible God. Col 1:15

He who has seen Me has seen the Father. John 14:9

My understanding of “agency” has prompted a driving question. How well do I know my Lord Yeshua so I can become like him in my way of living and acting and the way I treat others?  This is the same question that all disciples should be asking. Therefore, the purpose of the book is to come to know Yeshua so intimately that we can become exactly like him.