Them seeing Him in us

    A while ago, I unknowingly met a friend of mine as he traveled home from work. When he asked later if I had seen him that day I asked him "Are you sure it was me?" God then burned his reply deep in my heart when my friend said "Yes, I know it was you because I saw Jesus." Now let me explain this before a rumor gets started that I'm claiming to be Jesus or that my friend believes I am! Actually, he was not even complimenting me at all. I had previously bought a tag for my truck that reads "Jesus is the answer" with JESUS in big letters and it's still there. While there are several trucks that resemble mine in the area, to my knowledge no others have the same tag so that's how he could tell at a glance it was me. On my way home from work just a few months ago, I hit a deer and was amazed to find the only damage to my truck I found was that my Jesus tag was broken to pieces, still legible, but broken with deer hair embedded. I had forgotten about it until I noticed it last week while washing it. I also noticed the letters that spelled Jesus weren't as bold as they once were as time had faded the paint. Boy, what some great truths are in this story. It caused me to wonder if my light was still as bright as it once was.
       Matthew 5:16 says "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." This simply means that others will see the good things we do, but God will get the glory. In other words, our actions will be visible but we won't if our hearts are in the right place.
        I believe that others should be able to see Jesus in us, not just by the fish symbols and tags on our vehicles or the Crosses we have tattooed on our bodies or on a necklace. Our actions, reactions, language and conversation should clearly set us apart from the world. If not, we should do a self-examination of our lives. Do you have the light of Jesus shining from your life? Has your light, like my old tag, faded or dimmed with time? It's time that those of us who claim to know Jesus start acting like Him instead of just talking about Him!
         I think I'm gonna get a new tag for the truck; A bright and shiny one that screams "Jesus"!
                          In Christ,
                          Preston