In the Scriptures, the great miracle of the incarnation slips into the ordinary life of a child; the great miracle of the transfiguration fades into the demon-possessed valley below; the glory of the resurrection descends into a breakfast on the seashore. This is not an anticlimax, but a great revelation of God.

We have a tendency to look for wonder in our experience, and we mistake heroic actions for real heroes. It’s one thing to go through a crisis grandly, yet quite another to go through every day glorifying God when there is no witness, no limelight, and no one paying even the remotest attention to us. If we are not looking for halos, we at least want something that will make people say, “What a wonderful man of prayer he is!” or, “What a great woman of devotion she is!” If you are properly devoted to the Lord Jesus, you have reached the lofty height where no one would ever notice you personally. All that is noticed is the power of God coming through you all the time.

We want to be able to say, “Oh, I have had a wonderful call from God!” But to do even the most humbling tasks to the glory of God takes the Almighty God Incarnate working in us. To be utterly unnoticeable requires God’s Spirit in us making us absolutely humanly His. The true test of a saint’s life is not successfulness but faithfulness on the human level of life. We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human life, to live a life “hidden with Christ in God” in our everyday human conditions (Colossians 3:3). Our human relationships are the very conditions in which the ideal life of God should be exhibited.

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November 16, 2010

Journal Entry for Today-JDV

God, please give me some indication that I am on the right track, the right path. I feel like I am walking around in circles sometimes, hoping and praying that I am right where you want me to be. If my circumstances have not changed, if life does not seem to be getting any better, how do I know you are still there if I cannot feel you and know you are near?

And God says…”Nothing can separate you from My love. Nothing, not even you or the circumstances you create. When it seems as if no one else knows how you feel, My love for you is proven real; over and over. Simply wait on Me and know that when you do your hope will always be rewarded…….you can’t round up enough containers to hold everything I generously pour into your life through the Holy Spirit! ………”

“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Acknowledge the Lord in all your ways and He will make your paths straight. Seek first the Kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you.”