THE HOLINESS OF ORDINARY DAYS
Most of our lives are not lived on mountaintops. They unfold quietly—between waking and sleeping, between meals and miles driven, between conversations that seem unremarkable and tasks no one applauds. We wait for God in the dramatic, yet He so often meets us in the plain. The temptation is to believe that holiness must feel electric, that purpose must arrive with thunder. But Christ comes softly; He walks the long road of the everyday.
Jesus spent most of His earthly life doing things the world would never record—working with His hands, eating simple food, walking familiar paths, speaking to the same faces. The incarnation itself is God’s declaration that the ordinary is not beneath Him. When the Word became flesh, He did not hurry past humanity; He inhabited it. That alone sanctifies the mundane. Every honest task, every unseen act of faithfulness, every quiet obedience is capable of bearing glory.
Whether we eat or drink, or whatever we do, it is to be done unto the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31). In other words, there is no neutral ground. The smallest actions can become acts of worship when they are offered in love. Washing dishes can become prayer. Showing up can become testimony. Perseverance itself can become praise.
We are to walk carefully—not as the careless, but as the wise—redeeming the time because the days are often heavy with trouble (Ephesians 5:15-16). Redemption of time does not mean frantic spirituality; it means faithful presence. It means noticing where God has placed us and trusting that obedience here matters more than ambition elsewhere. The Kingdom of God grows like seed beneath the soil—quietly, patiently, almost invisibly.
Even our labor, when joined to Christ, is never wasted. We are told to be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in Him our labor is not empty or meaningless (1 Corinthians 15:58). The promise is not that every effort will be celebrated, but that nothing offered to Christ will be lost. God keeps careful account of faithfulness the world overlooks.
To live the Christian life, then, is not to wait for a different season, but to be fully present in this one. Today is holy ground—not because it is impressive, but because God is near. Grace is not postponed until life becomes extraordinary; it is poured out daily, like manna, sufficient for the moment at hand.
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Lord Jesus, teach me to find You in the ordinary—to honor You in small obediences, quiet faithfulness, and unseen labor. Consecrate my days to Your glory, and help me trust that nothing offered to You is ever wasted. Amen.
BDD
