Jason Ankrah
- Terrence Stephens
Two high school football players on a plane trip from Lincoln, Nebraska to home met a fan of the Huskers. I am sure they were tired, but instead of brushing off the guy they talked with him. They treated him respectful and engaged in a real learning experience. The man was a big Husker football fan, but the man was also an Associate Justice of the Supreme Count, the honorable Clarence Thomas. Afterwards when the two young men realized the identity of their new friend they asked if he could speak at their High School graduation.
Have you ever been in the company of someone great and not known it? Perhaps you said something regrettable. A woman one day was asked for a drink of water. She at first was hesitant, but the one making the request turned out to be the Son of God! You can read the entire story in John 4 of the Bible.
Not knowing who someone is does not diminish the reality of who they are. Someone who doesn’t acknowledge God does not in any way diminish who God is! Justice Thomas fulfilled the request of the young men in part because they treated him with respect even before they knew his identity. What would be God’s opinion of you when you were unaware of His watching?
Associate Justice, Clarence Thomas
Behaving as though God isn’t present is a silly thing to do, but remembering that He is present is not easy. The Samaritan woman who met Jesus that day learned a valuable lesson for all of life: “God is spirit, and they that worship Him must so do in spirit and truth.”
To be spirit does not mean that God is any less real or present. Spirit is actually more real than matter! All that is material will one day pass only spirit will last. God’s presence in all we do should not be dismissed.
Some think giving God their attention is a great act of sacrifice on their part. Just remember if God pauses to attend to you He is the one who is sacrificing. “It is the Lord’s mercy that we are not consumed!” The sooner I recognize that God is more famous than I am the better I will see my true role in this world. Our consumption with self importance is bizarre considering our real lack of power to affect such simple things as even time, temperature and the weather.
Get this straight: It is your honor to know Him not His to know you, but he does want to know you. Somebody really, really important wants to know you. Do you care enough to seek Him?
