Hello Advent Family,

This morning I misplaced my glasses.  I had them when I first got up and then sometime between then and getting in the shower I misplaced them.  I looked all over and couldn’t find them anywhere.  I was frustrated because I am pretty helpless without them.  I can see distances fine but there is no shot I’m going to be able to read and certainly not write this devotional.  I eventually found them right where I left them on the edge of the bedside table and got back to my morning routine.  Sometimes we miss the things that are right there in front of us.  Jesus addresses this in John 4.  Let’s look at it together today. 

“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

Jesus saw what others missed.  He knew there was work to be done and a harvest to reap.  Often we get so caught up in life that we miss the chances to share God’s love with those right in front of us.  I can’t see without my glasses but too often we all miss opportunities because we are not looking for them.  Jesus tells us to open our eyes and see.  Today ask God to give you eyes to see the opportunities that He places in from t of you to share His love with others.  Open your eye and reap the harvest. 

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave