Sheena and I just returned from a marriage conference in Ft. Myers, Florida with Paul Tripp. It was very refreshing. One of the things he talked about was glorifying God in the mundane moments of life.
He (Tripp) recounted a moment when he basically told his wife she was making them very late for a church breakfast before Easter. Love is patient, right? Well, patience wasn't high on the Tripp 'O Meter that day and it was noticeably obvious to his son. His son asked him if his behavior was what God would want from him. He was frustrated, embarrassed, and riddled with guilt. Soon thereafter, he repented and trusted in Christ. He reconciled with his wife and family.
During this moment, it occurred to him that God cares about the little moments in life. He cares about the small conversations in the bathroom as well as the conversations about where our children will go to University or if they should go to a University. The God who created the world cared that day how Paul Tripp would respond to his wife. God was in the one bathroom, in that one house, in that one city, and in that state, which is located in one country, in one continent, and one one world. God who oversees and cares for the afflicted, the poor, the widows, and many others was showing his care for his children in the Tripp household. In those mundane moments of life, let us not suffer from gospel amnesia. The gospel has saved us from our past and rescues us for the future but also saves us in the here and now. When we display patience when the world would rather exhibit sarcasm, we display Jesus Christ and his patience and grace towards us in going to the Cross and bearing the punishment that we rightly deserved. I pray that I will be more patient not because I have attained the secret to patience but because the root of patience is grace...grace found only at the Cross of Christ.
The gospel applications abound. I pray we will glorify God even in the mundane moments.
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