Lessons Learned in the Mundane

"As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him." 1 Sam. 17:23

Have you ever wondered where David learned to fight the giant Goliath? David’s courage and dependence on the living God were developed in the everyday, mundane tasks of life. He didn’t know it then, but God was preparing him for this very day all of his life!

​David was a simple shepherd boy. He kept his father’s sheep. That seems like a somewhat mundane task, doesn’t it? ​However, keeping his father’s sheep taught David many valuable lessons. It’s in those fields that David learned to depend on God, and it’s there that he developed the courage to fight the giant Goliath.

Quite often, I’ve found in my own life, that the most valuable lessons are taught and learned in the everyday, mundane tasks of life. ​

• It’s there in the everyday, mundane tasks of life where God prepares His children for battle.

• It’s there in the everyday, mundane tasks of life where courage and dependence on Him are cultivated.
  
  
• It’s there in the everyday, mundane tasks of life where character badges are earned.
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• It’s there in the everyday, mundane tasks of life where we learn to begin our day with prayer and carry on a conversation of prayer with the Lord throughout our day.

• It’s there in the everyday, mundane tasks of life where we meditate on Scripture and tuck snippets and passages away in our minds for when the battle rages.

Never discount what God is doing in the mundane, friend! NEVER!

What lessons have you learned in the mundane?

Read more from King David:

• David: An Acceptable Offering
• ​Sweeter Than Honey: Inquire of the Lord
  
• 10 Observations From Psalms 51
  
• To be Seen Known and Loved
  
• The Red Sea Rules: Week 2