You Were Looking at Jesus the Whole Time

May 4th, 2026
by Howard Harris Jr.

Alive | Monday Reflection | Grace in Action Week

"Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." — Matthew 25:40

Yesterday you went somewhere. A nursing home, a laundromat, a neighborhood, a food distribution line. You handed something to someone. You sat with someone. You showed up somewhere that the rest of the week tends to forget exists.

And Jesus says you were looking at Him the whole time.
That is the thing that stays with me about Matthew 25. The righteous are surprised. They did not know they were serving Jesus. They were not performing for an audience. They were just showing up for someone who needed them to. And Jesus says: that was Me. Every time.

The service project is over but the posture does not have to be. The person at the nursing home who lit up when someone walked in is not a once-a-year experience. The neighbor who needed food did not need it only on Grace in Action Sunday. The stranger who needed to be seen is still out there on Tuesday.

Resurrection living is not an event. It is a direction you keep walking in.

This week, take one thing you did yesterday and do it again in a smaller, quieter, less organized way. No team. No t-shirt. Just you and the person Jesus is standing behind.
You know what it feels like now. Keep going.