Dave spoke this morning from Luke 12:16-20 on ‘Just Another Sunday?’ It’s very easy for us to feel that one day is little different from another, and certainly it can come as a shock when God breaks into our everyday ordinariness and does amazing things. Imagine how Noah felt after years of building the ark when the rain waters finally started to come! Imagine how Moses felt after years of being a shepherd when suddenly a bush began to burn and not be consumed! Imagine how David felt when he was plucked from the obscurity of being the youngest in his family and a shepherd boy and was anointed by Samuel to be the future king of Israel. Imagine Mary’s ordinary day being disrupted by an angelic visit from Gabriel.
The Bible reminds us that Jesus is coming again and we need to be prepared for this day. In the parable Jesus told, a man who seemed to have all he needed was confronted by God, who demanded his life from him. The man thought he had plenty of time left to tear down barns and build bigger ones, but this was not the case. We never know what a day will bring or what will happen; we need to live each moment with our eyes on spiritual things.
The challenge to us is to not assume all will be as it was. God moves and changes the ordinary. God transforms the ordinary into something extraordinary. We must learn to rely on God and His timing to transform our ordniariness. We look in faith for God to accomplish the transformations He has promised and we live each moment looking to Him and for Him in all we are and do.