Devotional: The Original Day

It is one thing to seek the presence of God in our quiet time, but quite another to be aware of him in every detail of our lives. God does not just want us to seek him in our concerted time of communion with him, he desires that our whole lives would be a form of “spiritual worship” (Rom. 12:1) to him.

At the inception of human life, God gave Adam certain stewardships to the end that he would be fruitful and multiply, and exercise his dominion over the earth and its creatures. Like Adam, God gives each of us stewardships to fulfill, and opportunities to worship him with our whole lives. We are not robots. Rather, we are stewards whom God entrusts to, “be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it” (Gen. 1:28).

Question for Meditation

1. What does it mean to live your life “from Presence to Presence?” Why is it important to start your day off in God’s Presence?

2. What are ways that you can begin, or continue, beginning your day in God’s Presence?

3. Why is it important to end our days the same way we’re meant to begin them – in God’s presence? How can you, or do you, incorporate this into your daily life?

4. God wants us to start our day with him and end our day with him. But he also wants us to worship him in the midst of the day. How is it possible for someone to worship God while doing the various tasks that are found in the “midst” of the day?

5. What are some practical ways that you can begin to cultivate the Presence of God in your daily life?

6. Stephen Charnock said that, “A spiritual worshiper actually aspires in every duty to know God.” What does it mean to know God in things you do?

7. What stewardships has God given to you to fulfill? What are some obstacles in your life that prevent you from fulfilling these stewardships? What would it look like for you to worship God through your stewardships, and what impact could that have on your life?