What if it's Jesus?

Tonight in our family group (which, by the way I've really missed since we were gone for so long with vacation and Thanksgiving) we were introduced to a new song and we talked about its meaning. It's an issue anytime, but is even more in the front of our minds during the holiday season when we tend to become more generous and make up for all the times we could've helped throughout the year. Check out this Monk & Neagle song called The Twenty-first Time:

Nowhere to live, Nowhere to fall
He used to have money, But he’s wasted it all
His face is a photograph burned in mind
But I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time

He sleeps under stars, it’s all he can afford
His blanket’s an old coat he’s had since the war
He stands on the corner of Carter and Vine
But I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time

He may be a drifter who’s grown old and gray
But what if it’s Jesus and I walk away
I say I’m the body and drink of the wine
But I pretend not to see him for the twenty-first time

She’s 29 but she feels 48
She can’t raise three kids on minimum wage
She’s crying in back of the welfare line
But I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time

She may be a stranger trying to get through the day
But what if it’s Jesus and I walk away
I say I’m the body and drink of the wine
But I pretend not to see her for the twenty-first time

This is a call for a change in my heart
I realize that I’ve not been doing my part
When I needed a Savior, I found it in Him
He gave to me, now I’ll give back to them

Drifter or stranger, daughter or son
I’ll look for Jesus in everyone
‘Cause I am the body and drink of the wine
And I’m thankful there’s more than the twenty-first time

I put italics on the parts that really affected me. It's not my job to judge people. It is my responsibility to help them. I really feel like in the body we spend so much time wrapped up in internal church things, and we don't really focus on reaching out to people like those in the song. We seem to be so focused on what color to paint the walls, catching that person we've been meaning to talk with, complaining about the person who is complaining about putting a Christmas tree in the church building, talking about whose house we're going to this week or where to have a Christmas party with our friends and who to invite. Would we notice if the woman from the song and her three kids walked into the building and sat down?

I pray God will soften my heart to be His hands and reach out and touch these people. After all, what if, like the song says, it's Jesus and I turn away?