I often catch myself daydreaming about spiritual growth and wondering what people, places, and events God will use to shape me. It’s certainly easy to value the monumental over the mundane, falling into the assumption that God is more likely to use “big” things rather than “small.”
We know glorification is coming in the future, but when does sanctification occur? The bottom line is that God is always at work accomplishing what He declares to be the good of His people, namely their growth in Christ-likeness. All of life is the operating room; nothing is off limits. School, relationships, employment, and continuous to-do lists are not ends in and of themselves; they are a means by which God is refining us and the tools He is using to mold us as we approach the day when, ultimately, God’s “good working” in our lives comes to fruition because “we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2).
-Abbey Le Roy