Christine Caine was living a normal life in Australia as a youth leader in her church. One year she took her youth group on a mission trip to Greece. While there, they stopped at a store to buy snacks and necessities. It was in that ordinary moment that everything changed. As she was in line to pay, she saw some missing persons posters for kids. God lit a fire in her heart for people who are being trafficked. She started A21, an international anti human trafficking organization that has brought the issue to light, saved countless people and become a well known Bible teacher.
In 1 Samuel 8, the people of Israel rebelled against God and Samuel by asking for a king. Samuel warned them what that would do, but they insisted. In 1 Samuel 9, some donkeys belonging to man named Kish escaped and ran away. He sent his son Saul after them. As he was searching for them, doing an ordinary and mundane task, he encountered Samuel. Before they even met, God had told Samuel that the first king of Israel was coming. Saul’s life changed in a moment while doing a chore for his dad. He was unaware that God was using an ordinary circumstance for divine purposes.
Proverbs 16:9 says, “A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life], But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them” (AMP). You never know when God is going to show up and change everything in your life. We often look for big moments where the sky opens up and a voice calls down to us, but more often than not, God uses the ordinary to do something extraordinary. He uses a still small voice in the middle of the mundane to touch our heart and reveal our destiny. As you make your way through life today, doing everything on your to do list, be listening for His voice. You never know when God will change your direction and reveal the steps you’re to take.
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 