31st Day of Lent
Picture Jesus Following
"The Lord Sent Them on Ahead of Him" Luke 10:1

During the course of our every day lives, could it be that we are preparing the way for Jesus to one day come and enter a life or place that we have touched?  As today's devotion suggests, could we be our Lord's advance party, preparing the way for him to enter and impact another life?  That's an awesome and encouraging thought.  And a huge responsibility!

We would not be the first to have "prepared the way for the Lord."  That was the call of John the Baptist, and in a sense, anyone who witnesses for Christ.  We can do our part to prepare the way, but it is the Holy Spirit that must act.  In fact, without the Spirit, we can't really prepare the way.  So, it is the Holy Spirit that works through us, and it is the Holy Spirit that does the follow up as well.  May we, by the guidance of the Holy Spirit, be faithful advance men and women for our Lord.  And may the Lord, in the power of the Spirit, become present in many lives that have been prepared in advance.