Ordinary Lives No More

After all the preparation and hype of Christmas, we are now getting back to our regular daily schedule.  We have our ordinary everyday lives to assess, work on, and then make available to God for His good purposes.  The shepherds were back on the hillsides looking after their sheep and yet they would never be the same because of what they witnessed that night in the stable when they looked on Jesus, the newborn baby the angels had told them about.  Mary and Joseph wore the same clothes, had the same hair styles, and were just as poor the days after Jesus was born as the days before and yet they too were dramatically changed forever by the birth of baby Jesus. 

We are ordinary people who have encountered God and have been dramatically changed forever.  The guilt and shame of our past sin is removed, and we have right standing before God because of the finished work of Jesus.  Because of God’s love and mercy, we are whole new persons who desire to walk in the paths of righteousness with God.

While we don’t yet know the whole story of our lives, no more than the shepherds or Mary and Joseph did, but God knows what’s coming and He’s preparing us, working deep within our souls to give us everything we need, so our ordinary lives shine brightly in a way that attracts others to this same wonderful new relationship with God through Jesus.

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, You know every day of my life.  As ordinary as it may seem to me or others, help me to trust that You are working in me to do something that is wonderful and will have lasting impact for good.   Amen

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