“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might…”~ Eccl. 9:10
Oswald Chambers wrote, “What we call crises, God ignores, and what God reveals as the great critical moments of a man’s life we look on as humdrum commonplaces. When we become spiritual we discern that God was in the humdrum commonplace and we never knew it.”
Jacob was such a person. Many of us have had to confess along with him, “Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.” We have come to think God is not in anything unless it is spectacular and exciting. But God is not always in the “strong wind,” the “earthquake,” or the “fire.” Most of the time, He is in the “still small voice.”
Those things we consider mundane in life are the very things He is in. In our Lord’s life there was what Bible students call, “The eighteen silent years.” This covers the time from when He was twelve years of age, till He was thirty. During these years we know little, only that He worked as a common laborer, a carpenter, if you please.
It might be good for each of us to say to ourselves as we do house work, sit in the classroom, arrive at our workplace, go shopping, etc. “Surely the Lord is in this place.” When we recognize God to be in something, then it takes on a whole new meaning.
When the main ingredient is God, even the bitter becomes sweet. (Ex.15:25)
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