PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING

I am not sure if you know this but people are always watching. I am not originally from Grundy, Virginia, I am from a small town in Tennesse named Livingston. When I moved to Grundy I felt invisible. Joe and his family had lived all their lives in this area. They owned a business and Joe’s mother was a well-known school teacher that had taught many of the children in the county. I was Joe’s wife or Melba’s daughter-in-law and that was fine by me. I didn’t know anyone with the exception of a couple of Joe’s friends and their wives. Because “I” didn’t know anyone I felt like no one knew me which was probably not the case. When you live in a small town you get to know a lot of the people living there so when someone new comes to town you will notice. I didn’t even think about that, I just assumed that I could go and do as I pleased and no one would even notice me.

I remember the first time I was in a store and someone spoke to me. I probably looked a little startled because they said, “You’re Joe’s wife aren’t you?” We only spoke for a few minutes but that is when I realized that I wasn’t really invisible after all and that people were watching. I didn’t mind that they knew me but it still changed the way I thought about things.

The same is true with you, people are watching you. They see your comings and goings and they see your actions. I am sure most of you were like me and you really don’t even think that someone might be noticing what you are doing. If you are a Christian, they are not only watching you, they are also judging you. You are a living testimony every day to the Lord. Let that take a minute to sink in.

How do you treat others? I am talking about people like waiters or hotel maids, the people that are doing a job of cleaning up or serving you, do you speak to them? Are you kind and courteous? How would those people describe you if the Lord asked?

How do you act when you are watching sports? Do you yell and scream? Do you say that the umpire and referees are cheating and that they are blind? Are you a sore loser or a bad winner? Did you ever stop to think that someone in the crowd was watching you or listening to the words that were coming out of your mouth?

How do you act in traffic? I know all of us can get tired and frustrated when we have been sitting for hours in traffic. Do you let people pull out in front of you from the side of the road? How do you react when that person (we have all seen these people) passes everyone on the lane that is closed and then wants to merge at the front of the pack? Do you inch up and try to make sure that they don’t get to get in line or do you back off and let them in?

I look back over some of the actions that I have done and I am not proud of myself. The person in traffic may not mean anything to you and you probably don’t care what they even think. But, if you stop and think that the Lord is watching your action does that change the way you feel? He is. He is watching every move you make. He is cheering you on when your choose Grace. I hang my head when I consider that my actions were not done in secret, the Lord was right there with me.

I bet everyone reading this knows the verse of John 3:16. It is humbling to think the God loved us enough to send His only son to earth to die on the cross for our sins. The following verse is not as well known, John 3:17.

¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

I am so thankful that the Lord sent His son to earth that through Him we might have a chance at eternal life. I am so thankful that He is not condemning me and that through Him I can be forgiven for past transgressions. I know that I can never do enough good works to earn my way into Heaven but I know that I have the best cheerleader rooting for me and I don’t want to let Him down.

Have A Blessed Day!

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