So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Cor. 10:31
Heavenly Father, it’s Monday, but no ordinary Monday. In our American culture it’s Halloween. In the Presidential election race, it’s a day of über confusion, as even more “crazy” emerges as we prepare to elect a president in 8 days. In the world of sports, the Cubs live to play another game.
Father, in everything—in all the raptures and ruptures of this Monday; in the complex things and in the simple things; in the things that cause us to say “Wow!” and in the things that cause us to say “Oh no!” In our oldest wounds and in our newest wins; in the vocations we love and in the jobs we hate; in wonderful health and in painful diagnoses; in the parts of our families we celebrate, and in the parts that cause us heartache…
In it all… in every last story and scenario, incident and episode, predicament and peccadillo, we want to do everything for your glory. We want to think to your glory, feel to your glory, and choose to your glory. We want to react and respond to your glory; engage and conflict to your glory; see and speak to your glory.
So we set our gaze on Jesus, take our thoughts captive to Jesus, and surrender our hearts to Jesus. May Jesus be the most unavoidable, irresistible, defining reality in our lives today. By your Holy Spirit, empower us to do all things in keeping with the truth of the gospel of your grace. That’s all we want for this Monday, Father, that’s all we want. So very Amen we pray, in Jesus’ tender and triumphant name.