"Look Busy - The Lord is Watching"

It's a natural phenomenon - that instantaneous reaction that occurs when a boss walks around the office observing employees at work.  Whether he is simply walking to a meeting, getting his morning coffee or surveying the troops - everyone perks up, hangs up the phone, minimizes facebook and solitaire and tries to look busy!

One of my favorite passages of scripture is Jeremiah the 1st chapter.  As a young pastor / leader / administrator, it resonates with me in a very personal way.

⁵ “Before I formed you in the womb I knew^[a] you,
   before you were born I set you apart;
   I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
 ⁶ “Alas, Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”
 ⁷ But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. ⁸ Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.
 ⁹ Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. ¹⁰ See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Regardless of your age, your confidence or what you perceive yourself to be capable of, the Lord has called you and IS calling you.  Not only that, but he holds us responsible to the calling; if we are not fulfilling our calling he will begin to questions us via his "supervisor" aka the Holy Spirit.  We don't always feel up to the job, we don't always know the right "words to say," but the Lord literally will put his words in our mouths if only we will be faithful and obedient followers of his will for our lives.

And in verses 11-12 it says;

 ¹¹ The word of the LORD came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
   “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
 ¹² The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching^[b] to see that my word is fulfilled.”

The Lord wants to ensure that his will is fulfilled.  As unlikely as it may seem to us at times, we are the chosen vessels by God to proclaim the Good News of the light of the Glory of God!

So perk up, and get to work - The Lord is watching!