Don’t Miss the Reward of the Mundane!

 “Now Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp. Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers are and bring back some assurance from them. They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines. Early in the morning David left the flock with a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry. Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other.”I Samuel 17:17-21

“…as Jesse had directed…”

Dad had a chore for his son and David faithfully followed the assignment his father gave him.

Oh, did I mention that this son had been anointed by the prophet to be Israel’s next king?

No matter, David’s heart was bigger than his head.

His heart of obedience would not cause him to rise up in disobedience to his father and say:

“Don’t you know who I am and what I am called to do and yet you give me this menial task of delivering groceries to my brothers?”

There is a lesson in that passage for each of us.

(Actually there are many lessons in that passage but we’ll stick to one today!)

If you and I are going to be carved into Gods’ creation then what we need to do is be faithful in the mundane tasks.

David’s mission started out as insignificant as you could imagine.

But we all know the ending of the story of David and Goliath. 

 A big ego could have kept David from realizing Gods’ purposes on that trip. 

David did not know the ending to the story.

God did.

David could have missed Gods’ purposes by failing to be faithful in the little things.

When we fail to be faithful in the little things, we miss out on the equipping they bring to accomplish the great things God has prepared for us.

David was there to face Goliath because he had faithfully responded to the mundane task his earthly and his heavenly father had assigned to him!

Don’t miss the reward of the mundane!