Be Ordinary

Oh!!! I hate even the idea.

But where does this desire to be out of the ordinary come from?

Is it biblically based? No.

I almost typed, "How can I be ordinary when Jesus was not?"

Excuse me?

Jesus was ordinary.
That's part of the greatness of His incarnation.

What made Him extra-ordinary was His identity and His obedience to the Father.

REPEATEDLY in my life I have asked this question, "What is being FULLY faithful?"

Praise the Lord for His kind and overwhelming grace!

I have been asking the wrong question because I have had the wrong perspective. It's not my self-made zeal and/or my FULLY faithful faithfulness He is interested in seeing. It's Him in and through us working out what He has worked in, (all the riches in the heavenly places) and us walking in the good works HE Himself has prepared since the foundation of the world.

ALL glory (!!) to Him!

Our (my) being "fully faithful" is only limited by God's faithfulness to us and His Name. ("all the riches in the heavenly places.")

THOUGH it IS dependent on our submission and obedience to Him. (Philippians 2) It will and does require pain and sacrifice, but the reward far outweighs the pain. (2nd Corinthians 5 and 1st Peter 1 and 3, in particular)

Therefore, let us focus all our sight, mind, and strength on our Heavenly home, forever with HIM!!!

What wondrous fruit could He grow from us then? How can we bring glory to His name as the ones in whom He has chosen to delight? How can we, as part of our salvation, be continuously pursuing holiness?

(Wait on Him and see.)