Just this week people were pulled off planes, ushered out of the secure area, corralled into a jam-packed waiting area and re-screened at Newark Liberty International Airport. Why? A man went the wrong way through a checkpoint exit.

So how can someone just walk past a TSA guard and into a “sterile” area without being noticed? One news reporter suggested the guard was glassy-eyed. His routine kept him from spotting anything unusual.

There are a lot of Christians who are glassy-eyed.  Settling into a routine that looks for God to show himself in the usual ways and places, they miss him when he doesn’t.  They don’t see Him when he goes the wrong way through one of their checkpoints.

Question: how can you avoid getting glassy-eyed?

Expect God to surprise you – to show himself to you in new and unexpected ways. Expect Him to use the mundane commonplace things in your life (your job, working out, going to the store, hanging out with friends) to pull off the miraculous.

God loves to go the wrong way through our checkpoints. Will you detect  him when he does?