Ignite the Ordinary
Today’s Bible reading: Exodus 3:110
When you strip the biblical miracles of their spectacular special effects, a common plot point emerges: extraordinary moves of God begin with ordinary acts of obedience.
Consider Moses’s first encounter with God.
Moses is tending the family sheep out in the nondescript countryside.
He happens to notice a bush that’s caught fire.
He walks over to take a look
Up to this point, it’s not exactly a riveting scene, is it?
In reality, the illustrious burning-bush encounter that seemed so captivating in Sunday school is really quite ordinary. Moses is performing menial manual labor, working for his father-in-law. It’s dusty. The sheep stink. Does it get any more mundane?
Almost all encounters with God begin that way. You may be living under the illusion that when God ignites great things in your life, He’ll announce it with a [ … ]