I Saw Jesus in You

by Ron Hamilton


When I enter Heaven's glory
And I see my Savior's face,
I will offer Him ten thousand years of praise.
Then I'll find that special one
In whose life I saw God's Son, 
And thru tears of joy with trembling lips these words I'll say:


"I saw Jesus in you,
I saw Jesus in you,
I could hear His voice in the words you said--
I saw Jesus in you.  
In your eyes I saw His care,
I could see His love was there.
You were faithful, 
And I saw Jesus in you."


When I stand before my Father
To receive my life's reward, 
And my soul is bathed in God's eternal day,
When this race on earth is run,
And God sees the works I've done,
More than anything I long to hear my Father say:

"I saw Jesus in you,

I saw Jesus in you,

I could hear His voice in the words you said--

I saw Jesus in you.  

In your eyes I saw His care,

I could see His love was there.

You were faithful, 

And I saw Jesus in you."

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As I was preparing dinner to go into the crockpot this afternoon and my children sat at the table playing with play dough, we listened to Patch the Pirate's "Evolution Revolution".  A song that I've known for years began to play near the end of the CD, "I Saw Jesus in You".  As I listened, I was struck with the thought, "Do people see Jesus in me?"  There are a few people in my life that I can truly say that I see Jesus in them.  They are people that constantly challenge me through the way they live their lives.  I come face to face with the grim reality that far too often people do not see Jesus in me.  I was saddened and ashamed as I realized how little of Jesus shines through me.  One specific line in this song struck me as it never has before.  "In your eyes I saw His care."  Eyes have been called "the window to the soul".  So many times when "serving" and living the Christian life I have hoped that people will see Jesus through my actions which will definitely be one way that people will see Jesus in me, but do people see Jesus in my eyes?  Do I allow Jesus to live through me so much that whatever I say, think, or do comes from a soul completely saturated with Him?  Sadly, this is not so.  Today I prayed and asked God to help me to become such a faithful disciple of Him that people, yes, but more importantly God will "see Jesus in me."  How I long more than ever before to hear my Heavenly Father say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."