Sometimes, we feel like grist, ground between the stones of life. What used to be fun isn’t anymore. We call flying and playing with 300-horsepower engines “work.” The joy of our child’s birth hides in a fog of menus that turn into meals that turn into red hands pushing stacks of dirty dishes through soapy bleach water. The slow cycle of days morphs into speeding months that leave our dreams in a heap along with the ironing or hidden under the pile of unanswered letters.

What happened to the “seeking His Kingdom first” part of life so that “all this other stuff would be added”? Who has time to be spiritual?

The truth is that the Greeks were wrong. One of God’s delightful mysteries is that our faithfulness to the constraints of daily life prepares us for eternity. The material world is not an inferior distraction. It’s a part of God’s creation that He calls good.

So, when your 13th landing of the day blurs with your 2nd, or when you know you’ve been picking up dirty socks forever, how does He remind you that you’re still serving Him and advancing His Kingdom?

Genesis 1:1-31; Luke 12:42-48; Luke 16:10-12; Matthew 6:28-34; 1 Peter 4:7-11