Mundane into Sacred

I’m not usually in the habit of reading 1 Chronicles, but I recently read a blog that began with the following verse:

Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korathite, was entrusted with making the flat cakes. (1 Chron. 9:31)

Being a curious sort, I opened my Bible to 1 Chronicles and read the content of the verse. After all, making pancakes could be my gifting. As I read all the assignment of gatekeepers in the temple, I was overjoyed that most of their tasks are like some of my daily tasks. Well, overjoyed might be a little dramatic, but here are some of the assignments (ATM version – according to Melynda):

1. Guarding the threshold of the temple – day and night – like a mom
2. Inventory and check out of the items of the temple (like a librarian only a temple-arian)
3. Housekeeper (take care of the furnishings)
4. Pantry organizer
5. Spice Mixer
6. Baking the bread or flat cakes for the offering
7. Preparers of the Sabbath bread

There were over 212 gatekeepers, which makes sense, since 1 woman usually take care of her home. (Honest, no slam to men, just an observance).

Does your life get a little mundane for you at times? All the tasks associated with home caring can get status quo, tiring, boring, and mundane! Until……we realize that like the gatekeepers of old, we are chosen, entrusted, selected, honored, and created for our position. Paul David Tripp puts it this way, “If God doesn’t rule your mundane, He doesn’t rule your life. Because the mundane is where you live.”

I want to live with passion. I want to live with purpose. I want to know that God is pleased with me. So as I go about my day, I purpose to do my tasks with the attitude of turning the mundane into the sacred. I want to see Him in all I do.

With that in mind, there will be new spring in my step and new joy in my heart. I am living for the King.

Mundane doesn’t have a place in His kingdom.