What Will He Find You Doing?

Have you ever envisioned that glorious day when Jesus will appear? Have you wondered about what He will find you doing — or possibly catch you doing? The Bible says that He will come suddenly, like a thief in the night (1 Thessalonians 5:2). There will be no five-minute warning.

My grandmother, whom we called Tai Tai, hung over her kitchen sink a sign that said, “Divine Service Will Be Conducted Here Three Times Daily.” It was a continual reminder that even mundane, everyday chores should be done as unto the Lord. The Bible confirms that cooking pots and other mundane items for day-to-day activities will one day have “Holy to the Lord” inscribed on them (Zechariah 14:20-21). So when I’m in the middle of cooking another dinner or driving to one more practice or answering one more in the neverending stream of emails, I need to take a deep breath and remember that everything I do should be done as unto Him. For His glory.

As much as we might like to hide away and wait for Jesus’s return, we can’t. We must continue to faithfully live for Him in the everyday, including life’s not-so-glamorous tasks. However, in the middle of those menial tasks, we can have an incredible encounter with God.

Just Watering the Livestock

When Abraham’s servant first spotted Rebekah in the early evening, she was carrying a jar on her shoulder to collect water from the well. She was busy about her daily responsibilities. She wasn’t gossiping with friends or taking a nap or binge-watching Netflix. Never would she have dreamed that the servant of a very wealthy man was nearby, seeking a bride for his princely son, but because she was faithful to carry out her responsibilities for that day, she was noticed and approached by Abraham’s servant.

Retrieving water in a jar seems like a job that would make you feel unnoticed or less than someone else. It seems like a task to hand off to others. I’ve certainly tried to do that with some of my tasks a time or two! But the opposite was true for Rebekah. She was noticed because she was faithfully doing her work, indicated by a water jar on her shoulder, even after a long day.

My dad’s youngest brother, Uncle Denton, told me once that so much of the Christian walk is just being faithful in the everyday ho-hum. And God can meet you in that daily ho-hum, not just at the Rapture.

We see several such encounters with God in Scripture. Moses encountered God when he was on the far side of the desert, tending his father-in-law’s sheep. God spoke to him through a burning bush and called him to return to Egypt, where He would use him to set His people free from slavery (Exodus 3:1-10). Gideon encountered God while threshing wheat. He was a fearful, unconfident man, yet God called him “mighty warrior” and sent him to fight the Midianites and save Israel (Judges 6:11-16). Peter encountered the Lord while fishing on a boat. Jesus called him to be a disciple and eventually to open the door for the Gospel to go to the Gentiles (Luke 5:1-11, Acts 10). The woman at the well encountered Jesus while filling her jar with water. Jesus, the Living Water, completely changed her life in one conversation (John 4:4-26). Mary and Martha opened their home to served a meal to others, and got a front-row seat to Jesus’s ministry as a result (Luke 10:38-42, John 11:1-44).

Each of these men and women was faithfully carrying out their day-to-day tasks when they countered God in a personal, life-changing way.

Could that be you? Are you, like them, faithfully working day in and day out? Whatever work the Lord has you doing, are you faithful, no matter how monotonous the tasks? God is watching you go the extra mile on a certain project. He sees that you don’t cut corners to finish early, even though others do. He sees you completing an assignment instead of procrastinating. He even watches you stay up late to do the dishes, start a load of laundry, pack your kids’ lunches. He sees you wake up early to pray and study the Bible before you leave for a busy day at work. God is watching, even when you think no one else sees or cares! God also knows just when to step in with a word of encouragement for you, give you clear leading toward a new direction, or open a door of opportunity.

All the signs of the times suggest we don’t have a whole lot of time left until Jesus returns. What will He find you doing? What task has He assigned to you that you feel isn’t very significant? Your work? Your chores at home? Are you stuck in a house caring for a sick loved one instead of doing “real work”? Whatever it may be, God is watching! Wouldn’t it be wonderful to hear him exclaim, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things”? (Matthew 25:21)

Hear more from Anne Graham Lotz and Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright this Wednesday on LIFE TODAY. Adapted from Preparing to Meet Jesus by Anne Graham Lotz and Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright. Copyright ©2023 by Anne Graham Lotz and Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright. Published by Multnomah, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. Used by permission.