In the Ordinary Day to Day

“In the moments where You go unnoticed

In the ordinary day to day

Countless miracles of life around us

Point like arrows to Your name.”

- Cory Asbury, Endless Hallelujah

These lyrics have been sitting with me ever since I got home.

I’ve now been home for about two weeks, and it’s definitely been an adjustment period. In many ways, it’s been difficult, going from a place where I was finding so much life and purpose to an entirely different environment. At times, it has felt like I’m just wandering or floating. I’m currently not travelling, and I’m no longer consistently in spaces designed to minister to the lost.

Thankfully, I have had some anchors, like leading out in worship, teaching, and prayer at a community here in Hamilton, as well as family and friends, to support me through this transition, but in many ways, it has felt like I’ve lost a piece of me.

I have asked God many times over the past few weeks, “How can I continue to do Your work of preaching to the lost?” Most of my days do not put me in the same spaces designed for that. All I heard God say was, “Walk with me.”

Unexpected Ministry Opportunities

On the surface, it has felt like I was lost and that it would be a struggle just to walk with God. But, it’s been the opposite. The more I focus on God and invite Him into my ordinary day-to-day life, I find unspeakable joy and peace. I also become far more aware of what He is doing around me. He often invites me to pray for people I am around or sometimes I end up in conversations I never dreamed of, where I get to share my testimony and the Gospel with a stranger.

Getting Coffee at McDonald's

I was at McDonald's the other day with my dad, and we were discussing my plans for the coming six months at home when a gentleman approached us asking for coffee.

Immediately, I felt the Holy Spirit prompt me to help him out. After a second of hesitation, I quickly jumped up and began to help order this gentleman a coffee. Trying to be bold, I then attempted to share my faith with him, but he was quite closed to anything I had to say. At this moment, the Holy Spirit prompted me again to invite him to sit with us—and to my surprise, he did! He sat with us for 45 minutes, and over the course of that conversation, we had the opportunity to share our faith and the Gospel with this gentleman.

Since that moment, I have consistently been amazed by how often this has happened in the last week.

It Was That Simple!

I do not need to be in a foreign country at a big revival event to share the Gospel and find meaning. I didn’t have to do anything. I only had to walk with Jesus. He would create opportunities for me to be obedient and reach the lost.

Sometimes we think we know where our place in this world is, but when life doesn’t happen the way we think it should, it’s easy to feel like we not only missed God but are not fulfilling our purpose in life. It’s easy to believe that our place should be elsewhere, doing “fancier” things.

But... what if God has already placed you exactly where He wants you?

What if this season—right here, right now—is the one He’s using to bring about unimaginable influence and fruit for His Kingdom?

What if the quiet moments, the small acts of, and the seemingly ordinary day-to-day conversations are the very “miracles of life around us” that are pointing like arrows to His name, where someone is encountering Jesus?

What if the one or two lives you're touching are the exact ones Jesus is pursuing with His relentless love?

What if you didn’t miss your calling at all but simply stepped into a new way of living it out?

What if walking with Jesus here is just as holy as running after Him there? What if this ordinary day-to-day is sacred ground?

Grace and Peace,

Cameron

P.S. I’d love to hear how God is moving in your ordinary day-to-day… at work, with your kids, in your neighbourhood, or church. Let’s encourage each other, and those around us, in the unnoticed ordinary moments that become arrows to His name.