I wanna be like Mike... and Paul

The David Alliance

 

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Ira Antelis… wrote the song I wanna be like Mike, the classic MJ commercial for Gatorade… But did you know those lyrics are also in the bible and they are not about Jesus…Thats where we are going today

 

Ira Antelis was hired to write a commercial for Gatorade, they already bought time and had only a week or two to come up with a song. Ira wanted to use the song from Disney Classics Jungle Book “I wanna be like you’hoo hoo”… but the negotiations stalled and MJ and Ira pulled out… and to this day that is why people believed MJ would never say “Im going to Disney world” after his championships… apparently some people believe that MJ can hold some type of grudge or something…LOL, I can just hear Michael… “uh yeah they wouldn’t let us use the song and I thought Ok, I won’t ever go to Disney World… so yeah I took an offense to that”.

But Ira came up with the lyrics and sent it to 3 or 4 song writers and said you got 3 days… we shoot in four - or something like that.

But the song resonated to young and old… everyone saw MJ literally jump off the TV screen and float across the court and dunk the ball… shoot free throws with his eyes closed, put moves on guys that would cause them to literally fall out of their shoes…Remember David Wesley… ouch.

 

 

1 Cor. 11:1 11 Do as I do, for I am doing as Christ did.

 

Be like Mike.

Be like Paul, copy him, imitate him, follow him, do as he does, Make him your example, say what he says, do what he does, act like he acts, think like he thinks, maybe even dress like he dresses… probably not- Im not wearing a robe in todays world… sheesh people would think its a dress and think I have become a woman… and we all know if you are man you can’t become a woman… how fast can I chase a rabbit?

 

Sorry, but here is the gist of todays podcast… 

Can you say to other men, or people “be like me”.

Are you living in such a way as to say “be like me, pray like me, read your bible like me, practice it like me, talk like me… even when you get your car dented or you hit your thumb with a hammer… be like me. 

When your spouse is a pain in the neck… be like me, when your kid comes home drunk, be like me…

These words by Paul are not just words that slip out of his mouth unaccounted for… he actually goes on to say “follow my teachings… trust me enough to do what i do and say what I say”.

You konw that is a gut check for anybody… can you today honestly say “he everyone do as I do…. I hope so, and if not make that a goal.