Are people watching us?

TODAY’S PROVERB: My son, give your heart to me, and let your eyes observe my ways. Proverbs 23:26

Have you ever felt like you were being watched? Not in a creepy way, but that people were observing your behavior? Your life? Your testimony?

It’s one thing to live our life as authentically as we can, it’s another thing to know others are watching. Waiters. Check-out clerks. Maintenance workers. Someone in the car next to us.

One memorable moment for me was while in Jerusalem’s Arab Quarter. An Arab restaurant owner had misinterpreted something one of our tour members had done.

As my friends walked away, this man began ranting in Arabic and then in English that “there would never be peace between Jew and Arab.”

GOD gave me an unexpected boldness. My friends no longer around me, I began calmly and lovingly explaining what my friends had actually done. Then I said, “There will be peace because GOD wants peace.”

I ordered a fruit smoothie–which was delicious–and turned to leave.

Sitting at a table was a man eating. He looked at me, smiled, and gave me a thumbs up.

Are people watch us? Yes. Whether people we know or strangers, our behaviors can speak volumes. They can say we follow GOD, or follow our own interests. It’s our choice who we give our hearts to in all we do.

May what we do in front of others honor our Heavenly Father, my friends.

Proverbs 23:26, Tree of Life Bible Society, Tree of Life Version – TLV, #tlvbible#tlvproverbs

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