Some of you might have to commute long distances to work. I’ve had to a time or two depending on my job. It’s interesting if you look around when you’re commuting what you’ll see. 

You see what I have seen in my commuting days is lots and lots of vehicles full of lots and lots of people. I’m sure it’s the same experience for you. All the people are heading somewhere in a hurry to get there. After all that’s the point, they’re traveling to get somewhere. It’s interesting when you think that they’re people very much like yourself, not different from you and me. Today I look beyond the cars, and I saw the people. I asked myself “do they have needs that I could pray for? Are they frustrated with life and just want to be through and done with the day even if it’s just begun?  Are they blissfully ignorant of what and who God is?

 I realize that those cars I compete against in traffic are not just cars they are vehicles that house human souls. I know this should seem very obvious, but a shift in our focus completely changes what we see. Today I see people in need not just a bunch of cars. So maybe I can be a little more courteous instead of competing against them to get where I’m going because they just want to reach their destination like me. Maybe I could even be considerate and think of their needs above my own. Instead of always pushing to get my way and get the best place on the road. 

It is easy to get caught up in the rat race, in the commute and the mad dash to get to work.  It is easy to forget that it is your calling to be salt and light. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, know that you are a witness for him. So, pray for the souls around you, in cars or otherwise, and consider them above yourself. That’s what God would want us to do, that’s what Christ did for us, shouldn’t we do the same in response.