Coming into finals week, sometimes we need a reality check to keep our minds in the right place. Although, as Christians we often times expect to see God move mountains in our lives during our lowest valleys and think those are the most evident moments. Being through those moments like most I can attest that when you're feeling down those God sent moments are life changing, but lately I have been focusing more of a day to day basis.Consequently, I began to be burdened with how often we forget to realize those little glimpses of hope in our lives that isn't out of pure luck, but ultimately a sign that your faith is worth living for. Looking on this past month and how many minor road blocks people in my life kept running into, but yet the Lord was faithful beyond all expectations.
In those little moments, we need to praise him. I think it is so easy not to because in our worldly mindset we are so stuck on the fact it's not like a miracle just occurred. My high of this past week though was the Lord's faithfulness in such little aspects of my life that adds up ultimately to my importance in the body of Christ. First off, for the past year if you know me at all I have really struggled in school and this being out of my character for years past it had become an uphill battle for awhile. This air of defeat continuously seemed to knock me down. Well, for the first time in over a year I am going into finals with not a huge astigmatism of make it or break it. To my amazement, I just have to pass most of my finals to keep As and Bs in my classes. Which is such a weird feeling because this time last year I was going into finals having to make As to pass the classes. I'm blown away by the Lord's faithfulness in that and understanding the brokenness of last year, but letting me go into finals with such peace and confidence.
Another example to rejoice in little moments is that my family met my boyfriend for the first time this Thanksgiving. It was something I know no one was practically looking forward to because it can be such an awkward thing. I asked my friends for almost a month to pray over it and just in hopes that my family would understand through his Godly heart. This Thanksgiving honestly couldn't have gone any better. I feel like the awkwardness was obviously still there, but for a family holiday I do not think it could've gone any better. I came back so thankful for such a sweet time with my family and seeing the Lord at work in their heart even before I came home.
"You will never arrive at the state in life where you’re too important to help with menial tasks. God will never exempt you from the mundane. It’s a vital part of your character curriculum. The Bible says, “If you think you are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody”
Galatians 6:3
I love how the Lord directly points out in the word above how we will not be exempt from the mundane. Which is a great description of how life might feel when God is shining in the little things. Life seems so with the flow that there is no motivation to take that leap of faith. It is those times that you rejoice in a night of uninterrupted studying for finals or when a bill was cheaper than expected is when we need to be on our knees praising the Lord. I try to pray each day rejoicing the Lord in such another beautiful day. My food for thought I'm leaving you with is when was the last time you praised the Lord for the little mundane moments that you take for granted? How can you expect for the Lord to be faithful in life changing moments if you haven't learned to rejoice in the minor ones. That foundation has to be modeled first.
