Today's readings are 1 Samuel 9.1-27 and Acts 21.37-22.16
You never know what's going to happen when you run an errand. Saul found this out, off on his mission to recover some livestock that went missing. After days of searching, having reached the time when his parents would be worried about him rather than about the donkeys he went to find, Saul went to the prophet Samuel in case he knew anything about the animals. Compare the reception he must have expected with the reception he got. Rather than simply being told that the donkeys were safely home, Saul was greeted as a dignitary, someone of special importance. By the end of today's reading neither we nor Saul have word of what the special honor to be accorded Saul might be.
Is this like our lives? We go about our lives, innocently minding our own business, and all of a sudden we stumble on our Lord and Savior doing something with us. Maybe he brings us into contact with someone who needs words of hope from the Bible. Maybe he brings us into a position where we can be an influence for good in our society. Maybe we thought we were working in a grocery store but our Lord reminds us that we are his messengers providing people with their daily bread. Maybe we took a job nailing shingles on a roof and we realize that we are providing comfort and shelter for people who would be in dire straits otherwise. Maybe we innocently go about our job of restoring phone service and enable someone to contact the ambulance and receive necessary emergency medical attention.
The fact is, there is nothing mundane about anything we do. It is all significant in some way in God's kingdom. We may not know what we are doing any more than Saul does. But our Lord knows exactly how he is using what we do in the lives of many others.
So what are we going to do today?
You never know what's going to happen when you run an errand. Saul found this out, off on his mission to recover some livestock that went missing. After days of searching, having reached the time when his parents would be worried about him rather than about the donkeys he went to find, Saul went to the prophet Samuel in case he knew anything about the animals. Compare the reception he must have expected with the reception he got. Rather than simply being told that the donkeys were safely home, Saul was greeted as a dignitary, someone of special importance. By the end of today's reading neither we nor Saul have word of what the special honor to be accorded Saul might be.
Is this like our lives? We go about our lives, innocently minding our own business, and all of a sudden we stumble on our Lord and Savior doing something with us. Maybe he brings us into contact with someone who needs words of hope from the Bible. Maybe he brings us into a position where we can be an influence for good in our society. Maybe we thought we were working in a grocery store but our Lord reminds us that we are his messengers providing people with their daily bread. Maybe we took a job nailing shingles on a roof and we realize that we are providing comfort and shelter for people who would be in dire straits otherwise. Maybe we innocently go about our job of restoring phone service and enable someone to contact the ambulance and receive necessary emergency medical attention.
The fact is, there is nothing mundane about anything we do. It is all significant in some way in God's kingdom. We may not know what we are doing any more than Saul does. But our Lord knows exactly how he is using what we do in the lives of many others.
So what are we going to do today?
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Dave Spotts
blogging at http://capnsaltyslongvoyage.blogger.com
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