What if Jesus Comes Back Like That?

I sing on the worship team at Bethany Church in Greenland.  I am scheduled to sing this Sunday, and we have been asked to learn a special song for the service.  It is one I have heard many times before, but never really gave much thought to till the last week or so.  It's called "What if Jesus Comes Back Like That".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7At75kN_YsI


As I have been learning the words to this song, it has me thinking.  Do I really treat the people around me, even the people I don't know who come across my path, like I would treat Jesus?  If we were to all examine our lives honestly, we don't even come close a majority of the time. 

What if Jesus came back like the guy who is down on his luck and cries out in frustration and nobody takes him seriously.  He's made his bed, he should lay in it.  He should man up and help himself.  Well, what if Jesus came back like that?  We would be stunned and horrified to find we had treated Him that way.

What if Jesus came back like the girl who has seemingly thrown her life away for whatever physical pleasure or high she could find?  Do we turn up our nose and turn our back on her?  Or do we see her need for love, for real relationship?  What if Jesus came back like her?  We would be mortified to see Him revealed in her, ashamed of the way we have treated Him.

What if Jesus came back like that politician we can't stand, the one who is a crook and wicked and doesn't deserve grace or forgiveness in our minds?  God says we all have a chance as a long as we are breathing.  Yet we act like there is no hope for them.  And maybe it seems that is true.  But what if Jesus came back like that?  Would we pray for Him and plead with God to change His heart, or would we get angry and pretend like the forgiveness that is extended to all does not apply to Him? 

This Christmas I think is a very good time to examine where our hearts are at.  Cause if Jesus came back like that, would He cry when He sees where our hearts are at?  Or would He be pleased to find us treating others as we would treat Him?  What if Jesus came back today like that?