I don’t know about you, but I am a people watcher. If I am at an airport or any other crowded place I can’t help but watch people. They fascinate me. When you watch people you notice all sorts of things: funny little quirks, body language, nervous habits. One thing I notice about so many people is that they seem to be searching for something. It comes out in their speech or maybe the way they dress. Sometimes just the look on their face gives it away, or the way they stare out into space as if they feel like they are the only ones in their lonely universe.

I’ve often wondered if these people know that God is near. Their search, that need to belong to something bigger, that desire to be a part of something great, is found in Him. Everyone has heard of God. His name is mentioned by millions each day (though usually not in an ideal way). But do people really know Him? Do they understand what He has done for them? Do they know that He loves them more than anyone ever could or ever will? Do they know He gave his Son to die so they could have eternal life?

No? Then maybe we should tell them. At my weakest moments I have a tendency to look at certain types of people and inwardly I shake my head and wag my finger and think, “You know better. You better get your life straightened out. Shame, Shame.” When I think that way the only thing I accomplish is being judgmental. We just can’t assume the world knows the truth. I’m so thankful that my friends and family didn’t just assume I knew the truth. Instead they gave me every opportunity to know that God is near, and that because of His Son, Jesus, I can have eternal life. This news is too great and too powerful for us to sit on. The world needs to hear it. Maybe someday I’ll learn how to move from watching people to sharing the truth with them. We have the answer. Let’s share it.

Psalm 145:18-19

“The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.” NIV