Most of us live most our lives doing mostly mundane things. We might experience a few pivotal, defining moments in life. But most days we don’t get married, receive a positive pregnancy test, or achieve a breakthrough in our field. Most days, we’re commuting, studying, parenting, working, doing the dishes, mowing the lawn, or paying the bills.
Do those activities count in God’s eyes? Does the mundane matter to him?
Recently, as I watched a movie about the first man on the moon, it struck me that simple, ordinary activities on earth matter more in space. Eating is everyday on earth; in zero gravity, where food floats, it’s an adventure. Walking on earth is forgettable; a step onto the moon’s surface is immortal. If you find a screw lying around your home, it’s no big deal; if you find one floating in your space capsule, it’s a huge deal. The context of an ordinary activity can supercharge its significance.
A little three-verse story early in Mark’s Gospel shows that a mundane deed can matter enormously when offered in response to Jesus’s goodness and for Jesus’s glory.
