I have a son-in-law who’s a trucker. The vast majority of his week is spent on the road, alone, and behind the wheel.

From an outside perspective, his life might look painstakingly mundane.

He gets up before the sun does, drives several miles to get to his 18-wheeler, spends long hours on the road hauling freight, brings the rig back to the dock, jumps in his car and drives many miles home.

The next day, he does it all over again.

Mundane, right?

Perhaps for some, but not for Ryan.

He has come to understand that mundane is more about a mindset and less about an activity.

Because of this clarity, he welcomes each new day with expectancy.

What is God going to teach me today?

Is there a person at one of my stops who needs to see Christ in me?

Who can I pray for while I’m behind the wheel?

These questions, and so many more, fuel and motivate Ryan.

How often do we walk under the weight of thinking our lives should look more like Peter when he was healing the sick, Moses when he was parting the Red Sea, or Jesus when He was raising the dead?

If it’s not flashy, is God really in it?

If we’re not experiencing goosebumps, is God even around?

Yet, more often than not, it’s in the quiet, unobtrusive, mundane moments of our lives where the work of God is really happening.

“…He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6 CSB)

For most of us, that doesn’t involve a lot of outward fanfare or hoopla.

It simply includes quiet, daily, relational steps as we get to know our Savior and King better so we can demonstrate His love to a world so desperately in need.

When that becomes our daily focus, it’s easy to embrace the mundane!

Until next time, Grace and Glory!