Living an Ordinary Week: Seeing God in SimplicitySample

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16 NIV)

“For better or for worse, the average person, particularly one dedicated to participating in church, does not consider Sunday to be an “everyday, ordinary” day. Most, however, certainly view Mondays as such.

Monday, the second day of the week, provides near countless opportunities during which you can glorify God. Whether your Monday is a Monday, you are given opportunities within your vocation to honor God with your actions. Whether an athlete, coach, lawyer, physician, student, parent, salesman, plumber, pastor, whatever—you, if you practice intentionality, can discover how your work is more than a job.

It is a ministry opportunity. You will discover, or already know, that your co-workers, employees, teachers, students, and children observe your actions—especially when you tie shoelaces in the middle of a game. Whoever said first, “Your actions speak louder than words,” while perhaps devaluing the power of words, spoke apt words.

Mondays test our ability to apply Sundays. Does our sincere worship on Sunday find thankfulness on Monday? After asking for forgiveness on Sunday do you offer forgiveness on Monday? At the close of each of the worship services at my church home our worship leader utters our well-known send-off—You are Sent! We are sent out from our gathering of worship as we prepare for work, play, study, and the like on a mission, on a mission to purposely offer our “everyday, ordinary lives” to God so that others will glorify God.

Question: In what ways have you been able to use your vocation as a ministry?