Finding myself in the "cracks" in the book of Acts

God does a TON of stuff in the early church as we read about it in the book of Acts. The Spirit comes in Acts 2 and changes how we experience God, infusing His people with irrefutable power and enabling all of His servants to speak other languages, prophesy, heal people (see Philip in Acts 8), cast out demons, and travel all over the known world proclaiming His truth (to name just a few examples).

But, my life doesn't work that way. Most of my life - at least it feels this way - is done in meetings at work, driving to work, cleaning dishes after dinner, playing with my kid at the same park we played at last time, and walking my dog on the same track we walked on last week. What am I doing wrong? Is there something missing? Is there [and here's the scary question, but it's real] something missing in my relationship with God? Are His promises of being with me/us to the end of the age (Matt. 28:21) wrong? Can I trust Him for His promises when I don't see anything amazing happening? Is life lived in the mundane? Is this it?

That's a long list of rambling questions, but that's what runs through my head. And yet as I read through the book of Acts, here's something new I'm seeing - there are large cracks of time throughout. Luke doesn't tell us what Paul was doing during the three years he was in Damascus (see Gal. 3:17-18), but he tells us about Peter's dealings with Cornelius (the Roman Centurion) and imprisonment. Throughout Paul's travels, Luke often summarizes the days, months, or even years that they stayed in one place - with no significant events recorded. The disciples during these times were doing life, working jobs, meeting together, praying together, breaking bread together, devoting themselves to the apostle's teaching...living in the mundane. And guess what? Jesus was there with them.

The greatest single revelation I'm hearing from the Lord as I read through Acts is that He is with us in these mundane times. It's precisely when we don't see anything miraculous going on when He is working. Fruit trees show fruit at one season during the year, but they grow all year. He is moving in my life while I'm walking the dog, playing with my kid, doing my work, etc.

I just have to remember that the goal isn't a list of great things "He did" through ME (emphasis to show the heart's actual priorities). The goal is living with my Lord, being in His presence, enjoy Him. That's where I find joy, life, peace, and everything I want/need/desire/long for. In Him. When I remember that, the mundane quickly becomes holy.

"[Paul] lived there [that is, under house arrest in Rome, awaiting his trial before the Emperor that came about because of false charges] two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance." Acts 28:30-31

That's the end of Luke's account of the early church, and that's how I want my "mundane" life to be.

Come Lord Jesus, enter into my life and teach me to see You moment by moment in all that I do.