No More Humdrum!

    “The Lord directs the steps of the godly.
     He delights in every detail of their lives.”
     Psalm 37:23

Have you discovered that we seldom stay very long on our spiritual mountaintops?  The memories may linger, but the power seems to slowly fade away.  So, we live our mostly ordinary lives for the glory of God.  How do we glorify God in the humdrum of our ordinary lives? 

Sometimes it feels like the Lord knows we are on autopilot and allows us to drift off his path.  We read our Bible and say our prayers, but, if we are honest, some days we are not very alert to the schemes of our spiritual enemy.  Could it also be that the humdrum is the enemy of our relationship with God?   How can we grow closer to Jesus when we take our eyes off of him?   If we were alert, we would see that our enemies are hiding in the weeds waiting for us to doze off and leave the path God has prepared for us.

I was reading Psalm 37 recently and suddenly the Holy Spirit highlighted verse 23, above.  It says that God not only knows us, but he delights in every detail of our lives!  I stopped to ponder that.  The Creator of the universe, not only knows our names, but actually delights in EVERY detail of our lives? Then a reread the first sentence in that verse. “The Lord directs the steps of the godly.”

The Lord has the best plan for our lives.  It makes sense that God wants us to follow his lead.  If we actively listen to Jesus and asked him to direct our steps every day, as the sentence before says, maybe our lives wouldn’t be so humdrum?!  Maybe the Lord would actually delight in every detail.   Then, we would delight in glorifying him.

Dear friends, may the Holy Spirit stir the Father’s desires in your hearts and give you the power to daily do what pleases him.  May your hearts be filled with overflowing love and joy as it becomes easier to choose the path the Lord directs you to take.  No more humdrum!  Amen.

Mary Sumner ~ April 8, 2025