Sometimes I feel like life is so ordinary, too ordinary. What exactly is ordinary? I’m not really sure, but if I knew I’d say this is what it feels like. I don’t feel like I am doing anything spectacular. I don’t feel like I am called to do long term missions or live in a foreign country but that doesn’t mean I can’t glorify God in my day to day life.
I can glorify Him as I am working around the house. I can choose to not complain but to instead glorify Him that I have a house to clean or that I am able to clean my house without it hurting me.
Ephesians 4:29- “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”
I can glorify God everyday while at work. I can get really angry at difficult customers or I can treat them with love and respect, just like I want them to treat me.
Colossians 3:23- “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters”
My everyday ordinary is God ordained. He knows my past, present and future. As long as I am working at living according to His will, reading His word and trying to follow Him to the best of my ability I am glorifying God in the ordinary, in my everyday life. More of Colossians 3 says,
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (12-17)
This is how we should live everyday to all we meet. Life may seem boring, it may seem mundane and while you may not realize it you aren’t alone in wondering if you can glorify God in it all. If maybe your life should be more exciting. But if you look at the big picture, at His Kingdom it is all made up of little moments. Some moments look somewhat ordinary but many look extraordinary. We can’t see the entire picture but we have faith that it all goes together for good. It is all working together for His purpose. By living and loving we are working towards that. And when I think about my everyday life, my ordinary when it comes down to it, it is really extraordinary. Just the fact that I wake up breathing, the morning sun shining through the clouds, the amazing sunsets I see off my front porch. It is all extraordinary. So when I get down thinking, my life is so ordinary I try to just focus on the eternal perspective of it all and it looks a whole lot different.
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