Expectation

   "It is not service that matters, but intense spiritual reality, expecting Jesus Christ at every turn."

   Do I drift through life not expecting to see Jesus except maybe when I am taking a quiet time in devotional thought, like the working on this journal? I sit down with my Chambers book, my Bible, my Journal, and I am ready to see Him and interact (hopefully) with Him in quiet contemplation.

   Do I even give Him much thought at all after I get up from this quiet time and go about living life?

   Do I see other people in other situations and even realize that Jesus is here in this place at this time, if I will only open my eyes to see?

   I compartmentalize my life every day, not really expecting my beliefs to be bourne out in my everyday life. Jesus is OK for my quiet religious study, but to expect to see Him out here in the real world, maybe that is too much. If I do manage to get past myself and see Him at work around me, it is unexpected.

   Oh God, Please show me Jesus in all of my everyday life experiences. Let me expect to see Him in all I do and all I see. Let me not see the task but the person who is the reason. Even this very day. Amen.