2011

Remember when Jesus went to the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. He sat down to teach and Mary was sitting at His feet just soaking in every word. Meanwhile, Martha was out in the kitchen preparing dinner and Martha gets upset because Mary is not in the kitchen with her. She complains to Jesus in Luke 10:40, "Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"

Jesus reply follows in verse 41 and 42. "Martha, Martha," Jesus answered, "You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better and it will not be taken away from her.”
Now was Martha committing a sin by fixing a meal in the kitchen?  Of course not! But here’s the problem. She was so preoccupied with what she was doing that she didn’t realize that God was in her living room.  We make the same mistake every day. We get so caught up in the here and now that we fail to deal with the eternal, the things that will last forever.
God gives us opportunities to be Jesus to other people, the Bible tells us so :) WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THEM!

If we can’t find someone in our life to tell about Jesus, we aren't looking very hard! If we can see someone for us to be Jesus in their life then we aren't looking with the eyes of Jesus.

We get so preoccupied with what’s going on in the kitchen we don’t know God is in the living room. He indeed may be standing right next to you in the form of the homeless, in the form of the hungry, in the formed of the hurting. He might be coworker or schoolmate and have a need. My prayer for 2011 is we make the most of the opportunities to be Jesus to others that God gives us.