Where Are You?

 "Where Are       You?"

I'm not even looking for a person, per se. My question is, where are the opportunities that God places in your path? Let's look at a few. 

1. Your Server. This one gets mentioned a  lot and is pretty obvious. I've never had a server turn me down when asked, "How can I pray for you?" Make a note in your phone and next time you go to that restaurant, ask for her / him by name and remind them that you have been praying for ______. They appreciate it. 
   
   
2. Your Neighbor. How many times do you see them in the yard, at the mailbox, even inside their home or yours? Do you know if they are saved? Where or do they go to church? Do they have prayer concerns? You don't know if you don't ask. 
   
   
3. Your Co-Workers. I realize that you have a job to do and some jobs are not easy to make conversation, but small talk happens. Lunch. Breaks. Walking in and out. What do you talk about? Talk about church. Talk about your faith. 
   
   
4. Your Fellow Shoppers in the checkout line. This one makes people the most uncomfortable. Deep theology is not the point, but talking about faith or church can happen easier than you think. They say, "The weather is getting nasty." Your response, "I've been through some storms but God has always been there with me." 

I'm sure we could keep going with opportunities. The point is, we need to be LOOKING for the opportunity that God has placed in your path, your life. I have heard people say that God has no surprises. Of course He doesn't! He made the day and everything in it. He can do whatever He pleases with a spoken word (creation), but He chooses to use us in His work that we might share in the blessing. 

Join Him on a journey called life; and see how He will use you for His Glory!

1 Peter 1:7 These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.