Just an Average Day

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding." (Job 38:4)

These are the words of God to Job after Job finally stops proclaiming his innocence. Like Job we are all so arrogant and puffed up with our own importance. Francis Chan says, "On the average day, we live caught up in ourselves. On the average day we don't consider God very much. On the average day, we forget that our life truly is a vapor." (Crazy Love).

A week ago we celebrated Easter. As Christians looking back we consider it to be the greatest event in human history. Yet for most of the world the events of that weekend went unnoticed 2000 years ago. In Africa, in China, in North America, no one knew that the Messiah was being crucifed on a Roman cross on that Friday. In those places and most of the rest of the known world, no one knew that the tomb was empty on Sunday morning. It was an average day where for most people life was all about them.

Now a week after Easter, most of Christendom has gone back to business as usual. The truth is that for many of us we get up each day and act like life is mostly about us. We often rush into the day without thinking about God, much less stopping to worship Him and rejoice in the day He has given to us.

It will be much like any other average day when Jesus returns for His bride. It was pretty much an average day when Mary and Joseph stopped in Bethlehem and Jesus was born. It was pretty much any other average day when God called Abraham to take Isaac and offer him as a sacrifice. It started like any other day when Moses saw the bush burning on the side of the mountain. It was just another day when Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal.

What about today in your life? Is it just one more average day? Is it a day you will not think about God much, or is it a day you will surrender your life in full to Him? Could it be today, just an average day when Jesus returns? Could it be today, an average day, when God does something so spectacular in your life that you will never forget it? Today, an average day, or a special day because it is a gift from God?