Mundane Faithfulness

Today I stumbled upon a blog entitled Mundane Faithfulness. Today’s entry describes the passing of a godly, young woman, wife & mother due to breast cancer. The title makes me think of our lives – mundane faithfulness. I am called to be faithful. Often people want to know God’s will for their lives. Yet it is so easy to find God’s will – be faithful in the place He has you. When I get to heaven, I want to hear the words “Well, done my good & faithful servant.” But what is faithfulness? How am I to be faithful? My life is mundane, everyday, nothing special. I think that may be the point of this woman’s blog. Mark’s dad used to say that life is lived in the everyday. Marriage is everyday, not the notion of crazy romance. Of course, crazy romance adds spark to the mundane, but it’s not where we live. We live in the details of life – making meals, doing laundry, cleaning house, finishing homework, washing dishes, hosting guests, disciplining children, cleaning up their messes. The point is that our lives are mundane, everyday. 

Here are Webster-Mirriam’s definitions of faithful:

1.     obsolete :  full of faith

2.     steadfast in affection or allegiance :  loyal

3.     firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty :  conscientious

4.     given with strong assurance :  binding <a faithful promise>

5.     true to the facts, to a standard, or to an original <a faithful copy>

  

Oxford Dictionary defines faithful as:

1.     Loyal, constant, and steadfast:

2.     (usually as plural noun the faithful) Having a strong belief in a particular religion

3.     True to the facts or the original:

What does the Bible say about faithfulness? What does it include? I did a search on FAITHFULNESS in the Scriptures. Many, many times faithfulness in Scripture is linked with steadfast love, especially when referring to God. The two go hand in hand together; they cannot be separated. I see this especially in the Psalms or any time Scripture describes God. I think, then, that we can say someone who is faithful displays these characteristics: full of faith, loyal, conscientious, binding, true, constant, and steadfast. More importantly, the one who is faithful is the one who trusts in the ONE WHO IS FAITHFUL, not ourselves but our GOD. My hope is found in nothing less than Jesus.

Lord, make me faithful in the mundane, the everyday.