Live As A Believer

"Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them"- 1 Corinthians 7:17a (NIV).

Day after day unfolds, similar to the day before: I wake to my annoying alarm, eat breakfast, go to work, work four hours, eat lunch, work four more hours, go home, eat dinner, and prepare for bed. There's nothing extraordinary about routine days. Routine days may feel like you're not accomplishing anything for God's kingdom, but our routine days are preparation days; days that God is working in us, in order to further His kingdom through us. For example, Moses led routine days of shepherding sheep, for 40 years, until he saw a burning bush and was called by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Gideon was threshing wheat, pretty routine for the man who was about to fight, with only 300 men, and defeat the Midianites, scoundrels who had been terrorizing the Israelites for the past seven years. The point is, these great men were leading routine lives, doing routine things, day after ordinary day, when God called them to do extraordinary things in extraordinary ways. God's timing, God's ways, and God's thoughts are beyond our comprehension. While you lead your routine life, live as a believer: study God's Word, pray continuously, and trust in His perfect will. "Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!" (Psalm 27:14). Routine days are not by chance. There is purpose in everything God does.