embracing the mundane

It's during the mundane that the amazing happens.

Really, think about it.

Did David wake up thinking he was going to kill a Giant that day?

Really, it was probably just an ordinary day.  In fact, it may have been an ordinary day - turned annoying - turned triumphant.

Why?

Well, think about it.  He woke up, probably had chores to do, sheep to tend, etc.  Then his Dad asks him to basically go on a food-delivery run for his brothers who were fighting the Philistines.  This then set a series of events into motion that ended up with David defeating Goliath.

Moses.

He had fled Egypt, doing his regular thing, minding his own business - just another day - when a Burning Bush talked to him.....which then set another series of events into motion that changed the world.

Could it be, that we have opportunities every day to do amazing things - but miss them because we are so busy grumbling about our 'have-to' lists, or feeling sorry for ourselves because our work is mundane and ordinary - not exciting and fun?

Are we missing Amazing because we are too busy looking outside of our current situation, instead of inside?

Are we waiting for Amazing to be dropped in our laps, when it is right under our feet - if we would just look?


I believe that it's right smack in the middle of the mundane the extraordinary lies - we just have to have our eyes ready to see it.

GREAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE HIDDEN AMONG THE SMALL MENIAL TASKS.

Galatians 6:3 If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.

Jesus himself came to serve, nothing was beneath him.

John 13:15 I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

So, today - when I get behind the slowest person ever at the checkout lane.....instead of getting frustrated, I should think of what is around me, look for that hidden opportunity in the mundane.

Is there someone I should help?  Talk to? Does God just want me to slow down a bit so he can have a moment?

Embrace the mundane, you never know what extraordinary opportunity may be right under your nose.