I wouldn’t describe myself as a “mover and shaker,” but it is fair to say that I’m usually wondering, “OK, what’s next?” And I don’t want the answer to be, “Another load of laundry!” On a good day, you could refer to this character trait as adventurous; on a bad day, you might as well call it for what it is: discontentment.

Our often quoted friend Elisabeth Elliot writes, “Most of us would like to do something special in life, something to distinguish us. We suppose that we desire it for God’s sake, but more likely we are discontent with ordinary life and crave special privileges. When Israel asked if they should offer some spectacular sacrifice–thousands of rams, ten thousand ‘rivers of oil,’ a firstborn child–the answer was, ‘He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God’ (Mi 6:8 RSV).”

If you want to be extraordinary or spectacular, God has told us all we need to know. In these times, those who take God at His Word aren’t ordinary at all.