In the morning over breakfast or a cup of coffee one of us will ask the other, "What do you want to do with this day God has given us?".
It's our way of acknowledging His rule over our lives, His gift of life to us, and our responsibility to steward the gift. It keeps us from going "auto-pilot" with our lives, recognizing that that would be easy and is the way of far too many.
It's a form of worship for us, as it invites His Presence and establishes His high place in our thoughts and actions for the day.
At the end of the day, usually before praying together and drifting off to sleep, one of us will ask, "What is the most significant thing you (or we) did today?"
This is an evaluation, of sorts, of our effect on and for the Kingdom and our stewardship of the day. The best answers always have to do with people we spoke with or prayed with or played with, or maybe a particular instruction or sincere conversation with one of our boys.
If the most significant thing had to do with buying a new shirt or car or cell phone or a good profit on a business deal, then we know we need to adjust, re-establishing His place in our day and our commitment to partnering with Him. Nothing wrong with these things. We just don't think they should be the most significant.
It keeps us on track. His track.
Jesus, of course, said it best. Our questions just help remind us.
Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
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