Iwork from home, and I am getting ready for Sunday’s sermon. I keep thinking (and praying) about what I should tell people when I step behind the iPad. What do they really need and what will really change their life?
One of my constant prayers is that Christians (the church) would be passionate and committed. How does that happen?
Romans 12:1 tells us that God wants us to take our “every day, ordinary lives - our sleeping, eating, going to work, and walking around life and place it before God as an offering.” It goes on to say the Lord wants us to embrace what He is doing in our daily lives and doing that is the best thing we can do for Him. Being a passionate and committed Christian probably starts there.
My prayer every morning before my feet hit the floor while I’m nice and warm under the West Elm sheets with surf boards printed on them and the down comforter from L.L. Bean is that I would glorify God. I always pray every conversation, text message, social media post and anything I engage in during the day will bring glory, honor and praise to Abba Father.
I don’t know about your life but mine is filled with the mundane. I’ve never seen an angel that I know of and Jesus has never turned my Smartwater into Topo Chico and the crazy- good Christmas story is just that, crazy good, but it’s not my story. My story starts at 6 a.m. under those West Elm sheets and down comforter, then to the dining room table for coffee (Peet’s French Roast) with the Blonde, we pray together and then I hit the shower and head to the desk.
After eight I go back to the table to have dinner with Jennifer, run 3 or 4 miles on the treadmill, answer a few phone calls or emails, maybe watch a rerun of Andy Griffith and then off to bed (did I mention the sheets with surf boards printed on them and the down comforter).
I am not saying that I do not experience God doing amazing things on a regular basis because I do. Right now, the Lord is showing up and showing off in ways that I can hardly articulate, the adjectives I know are hardly sufficient and I can’t praise Him enough for how He is blessing my socks off. The spiritual growth and the opportunities to be faithful are off the chart. The vision God has given me for ministry is beyond exciting and good and I look forward to seeing what He does as we walk in obedience to His plan.
What I am saying is I have to serve God in the mundane, ordinary life that most of us live out on most days. Does that make sense? So how do I bring God that glory I pray about every day? By being passionate about and committed to the Golden Rule, not complaining, looking after the interests of others, being kind, forgiving others, loving at all costs, blessing my enemies, walking by faith and not by sight, standing firm, being ready in season and out of season, being always ready to share why I have hope, letting my manner of life be worthy of the Gospel of Christ (all of these precepts are found in the Bible).
Hard? Not really. Do I have to be intentional? Yes.
He told me to tell you that.
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