Overwhelmed by a smile

Overwhelmed by a smile:

I was listening to a song by Matthew West the other day and one of the lyrics just hit me with a visual of Jesus and me, my emotions ran wild. The lyric was this, 

“I’m just a beggar in the presence of the King. I wish I could bring so much more.” 

I saw myself as the blind man, the leopard , the women caught in adultery, the lame at the pool of Bethseda, the women at the well, a beggar standing face to face with the Son of God the King of Kings the Savior of the world, Jesus.  

In His presence I'm overwhelmed by who He is and so ashamed of who I was. As I see myself kneeling before Him I can't even lift my head to look at Him, not because I'm ashamed not because I am unworthy, for I know that I'm a child of God and I’m valued because of Him. But it’s the simple fact that there is nothing that I can offer that comes close to what He has done for me.  Even in my most sincere and genuine act of gratitude I got nothing. Yet He comes to me, kneels down with me face to face, takes my chin and raises my eyes to His and smiles at me. Can you imagine Jesus looking at you with a smile? Just think about it for a moment face to face with the King of the universe, the image of the invisible God, the Alpha and Omega, all things made for Him through him, God’s son and he smiles at “you.” There is something contagious about a smile. I know when someone smiles at me it gives me a feeling of acceptance, like everything is good between us and more than anything else a smile says to the receiver “I see you!” So when I think about Jesus smiling at us He is saying all those things. “I accept you. Everything is good between us. And I see you. So give it a shot,  influence others and go out of your way today to smile at people. And when they ask, “What are smiling about?”  Well there is your invitation to tell them the “Reason” Times up!!