AN AVERAGE TUESDAY
Today's reading: Jeremiah 7-11
"Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie and worship Baal and all those other new gods of yours, and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, We are safe!--only to go right back to all those evils again?" Jeremiah 7:9-10 NLT
It's an average Tuesday here on the farm.
I have nothing of great importance written on today's planner page. No really exciting adventures on the docket. No long lists of to-do's or errands to run.
As I read, and re-read, God's words to Jeremiah, I think it's these average and ordinary days God is talking to His people about.
The days that they are not 'in His presence'.
The days they are not dressed up in their Sunday best.
The days they are not sitting in a pew, singing in the choir or carrying their Bible under their arm.
It's the ordinary, going-about-our-usual-life, days He is referring to...
The days we aren't with God's people, but mingling with the world.
The days we aren't dressed to impress, but not wearing robes of righteousness either.
The days we aren't singing His praises with the congregation, but humming along with secular music we don't agree with.
The days we aren't bringing offerings to His house, but offering up ourselves to our little gods.
It's the 'average Tuesdays' that are changed by last Sunday and forecasting next Sunday.
Do we really think what we do through the week doesn't affect our worship?
Do we really believe our Monday through Saturday doesn't impact our Sunday?
What if we lived lives that were as worship-filled, prayer-focused, Bible-dependent and God-honoring on average Tuesdays as they are on Sundays?
