What You See Is What You Get

As I was sitting at lunch with a dear friend today I saw something that really caught my eye. Well actually, it caught my friend's eye and the image kind of stuck with me.
At the table right beside us was what looked like a family and the wife was sitting with her wheelchair bound husband, reclined on her lap. He was still in his chair and they had tipped it backwards and put on the brakes so that his head was resting on her lap.
It was a picture of love-in-the-real-world. An expression of creative care that brought life to a very challenging circumstance. And I think it was especially appealing because it was public and it shone around the restaurant for everyone to see.
Jesus did stuff like this too- run out of wine at your wedding celebration? I'll just create more for you. Demon-possessed man? I'll just release you from them so you will be free. Entire world suffering from the back-breaking agony of sin? I'll just break myself on your behalf so your suffering may come to an end.
Our Saviour is really something else.
But Jesus is not around the same way any more. Its sometimes hard for us to see how God is at work in our world today--even though we know He is here.
But it must be possible to see him isn't it?
In John 5:19 we hear Jesus saying: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself, he can only do what he sees his father doing."
Jesus must have had a way of discerning what the Father was up to so that he could imitate him.
Do you think that's possible for us too? I do--and the reason I do is because I saw the Father at work in Fuddruckers when he used a wife's hands to hold the head of her husband lovingly on her lap.
His light shone brightly there today--and it looked good!

Father--help us to see what you are up to all around us, and then remind us by your Spirit to imitate what we see you doing.

Have a good one...

BT

Brian M Tysdal
Lead Pastor
Rock of Ages Church
Saskatoon Sask.
374-1707 (Church)
291-3308 (Cel)
pastorl.therock@sasktel.net