Real Faith Shows Up in the Ordinary
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men” - Colossians 3:23
You do not need a stage to live out your faith. You do not need a spotlight, a massive audience, or some big spiritual moment. Real faith is not proven in the grand gestures. It is lived out in the quiet, repetitive, unseen corners of everyday life.
Maybe you think your life is too normal to matter. You wake up, go to work, make meals, pay bills, show up for people, and try your best to keep it all together. That might not feel like faith in action, but it is. If you’re doing it all with Jesus in mind, it absolutely is.
God sees your obedience in the ordinary. He sees how you hold your tongue when you want to lash out. He sees how you serve without being thanked. He sees the prayers you pray when no one’s around. That’s faith. Not loud, not flashy, but real.
Jesus spent the first 30 years of His life doing carpentry in a small town. Think about that. The Son of God quietly showing up to work with wood, helping neighbors, living in a home that probably didn’t seem all that special to anyone else. And yet, it was all part of the story.
You do not need to be in a dramatic season for your faith to matter. In fact, God often does His best work in the simple things. The everyday grind. The unnoticed moments. The stuff no one else sees but Him.
You don't have to wait for some mountaintop moment to feel close to God. Invite Him into the mundane. Trust that He is working in it. Keep showing up. Keep walking by faith. He’s not just in the miracles. He’s right there in your Monday morning routine.
Faith doesn’t need to be loud. It just needs to be real. And sometimes, the most powerful display of it is simply choosing to live like Jesus in the middle of your normal life.
You do not need a stage to live out your faith. You do not need a spotlight, a massive audience, or some big spiritual moment. Real faith is not proven in the grand gestures. It is lived out in the quiet, repetitive, unseen corners of everyday life.
Maybe you think your life is too normal to matter. You wake up, go to work, make meals, pay bills, show up for people, and try your best to keep it all together. That might not feel like faith in action, but it is. If you’re doing it all with Jesus in mind, it absolutely is.
God sees your obedience in the ordinary. He sees how you hold your tongue when you want to lash out. He sees how you serve without being thanked. He sees the prayers you pray when no one’s around. That’s faith. Not loud, not flashy, but real.
Jesus spent the first 30 years of His life doing carpentry in a small town. Think about that. The Son of God quietly showing up to work with wood, helping neighbors, living in a home that probably didn’t seem all that special to anyone else. And yet, it was all part of the story.
You do not need to be in a dramatic season for your faith to matter. In fact, God often does His best work in the simple things. The everyday grind. The unnoticed moments. The stuff no one else sees but Him.
You don't have to wait for some mountaintop moment to feel close to God. Invite Him into the mundane. Trust that He is working in it. Keep showing up. Keep walking by faith. He’s not just in the miracles. He’s right there in your Monday morning routine.
Faith doesn’t need to be loud. It just needs to be real. And sometimes, the most powerful display of it is simply choosing to live like Jesus in the middle of your normal life.
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The most significant message yet! We can all be “Christian “ with other Christian s, but when practice it in our community in our daily life it’s a ministry of worship by example. God Bless
I like thre fact I can share a message here after a devotional. I think of it more like Journaling yet someone gets a glance in my life, my testimony, and maybe gets something out of my thoughts and my experiences. Its not out of pride, I dont think. Nobody know me here.
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nAs I read this out loud to with someone else, I couldn't stop crying, my friend had to finish it for me. I thought about how I do serve our Lord. How I do ultimately share His love through my actions and I don't know if anyone knows the hardships it puts on me. But He sees it and gives me a pat on my back or even wraps his arms around me as I do drain myself in said actions, like in am trying to keep it all together. I have so much going on in my personal life, but i still find the joy He wants for me. He knows my quite moments that I get on my knees in a small room in a garage that I live in (just like how he lived in a simple house), I do this action in faith that he will take the things I surrender to Him.
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nThere is so much more I could say about this devotional, but I feel l do need to keep it simple and this devotional does share I dont need to be dramatic.its just real. I am ordinary but having Jesus in my heart, well it reminds me of what some said to me this week, "I cant believe such a big heart can fit in such a small body." Maybe that was thanking me for my service.
Thanks Pastor Ed. I needed that! Much love