I’m reading A.W. Tozer, and I love his statement about consecrating every space of our lives to God to make every moment sacred. I think of laundry and dishes and dinner preparation. I think of brushing my teeth. Could these moments become sacred?

How? 

He writes, “We can meet this successfully only by the exercise of an aggressive faith. We must offer all our acts to God and believe that He accepts them. Then Hold Firmly to that position and keep insisting that every act of every hour of the day and night be included in the transaction. Keep reminding God in our times of private prayer that we mean every act for His glory; then supplement those times by a thousand thought-prayers as we go about the job of living. Let us practice the Fine Art of making every work a priestly ministration. Let us believe that God is in all our simple deeds and learn to find Him there.”

Let us practice the fine art of making every work a priestly ministration. 

Let us find God in simple deeds. 

I smile at the rather bold insistence that I exercise aggressive faith. I think of all the verbs lining up behind this invitation: I offer; I believe; I hold firmly; I keep insisting; I remind God of my intention; I supplement with a thousand thought prayers; I practice the “fine art of making every work a priestly ministration.”

The fine art of it! I’m watching the famous horse trainer Klaus Hempfling talk about finding great things amid the smallest, hidden moments (on his video about listening to horses of all things). Hempfling encourages the idea of finding fulfillment in the “apparent poverty of the moment.” His words remind me that we position ourselves within the “apparent poverty of the moment,” and consecrate it to God.

We realize the sacred, grace-filled reality right here, especially, perhaps, when it feels the most empty and mundane.