Are You Jesus?

Received an email from a friend who relates a story of a blind girl selling apples along the street. Her cart was accidentally knocked over and apples were all over the floor. A good samaritan came to help and set everything up for her including buying all the battered and bruised apples. When he handled over the money to her and started to leave, she asked, " Are you Jesus?" It left him with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: "Are you Jesus?"

Having read this, I recalled a similar message in today's devotion on Genesis 37:36; 39:1-6.

"The sovereign God of Israel was intimately involved in Joseph's life. He guided him. He gave him facility in the Egyptian language. On top of all that, he gave him favor in the eyes of Potiphar. Clearly, God was the secret of Joseph's success. Luck had nothing to do with it.

Joseph didn't have to tell Potiphar that the Lord was with him; Potiphar could see it for himself. "Now his master saw that the LORD was with him" (v. 3). Furthermore, Joseph didn't use his spirituality as a manipulative tool to get benefits from his boss. Simply because the Lord caused all that Joseph did to prosper, Joseph found favor in his sight. Notice, it doesn't say that Joseph asked favors from Potiphar; he found favor with Potiphar."

Do people mistake you for Jesus? That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace. If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day. Like Joseph, we should reflect who we are in Christ Jesus that people will see less of us and more of Him.