3 Places I’m Still Waiting for the Spectacular

A short worksheet on noticing God in the ordinary

Take five quiet minutes with this. There's no wrong answer — just honesty.

Start here.

John 1:14 says the eternal Word became flesh and moved in among us — and His glory showed up not in a spotlight, but in a feeding trough, a workshop, dusty roads. If God's glory shows up in the plain and ordinary, then maybe the reason we miss Him isn't that He's absent. It's that we're scanning the wrong places.

Place #1 — Where I want a clear sign before I'll trust Him.

Think of one decision, worry, or situation right now where part of you is saying, "I'll believe God's in this once I see something obvious." Name it below.

What am I waiting on a sign for?

What would it look like to trust He's already at work here, without the sign?

Place #2 — Where I've written off as "too ordinary" to matter.

A job, a routine, a relationship, a season of life that feels unremarkable — the kind of thing you'd never call "spiritual." That's exactly the kind of place John says God moves into.

What ordinary part of my life have I quietly decided God isn't really involved in?

What might change if I believed He was fully present there, full of grace and truth?

Place #3 — Where I'm chasing the impressive instead of the faithful.

Sometimes we measure our own walk with God by how dramatic it feels — a mountaintop moment, a big breakthrough, a visible answer. But steady, quiet faithfulness is where most of real faith actually happens.

Where am I more focused on a big spiritual moment than on simple, daily faithfulness?

What's one small, unremarkable act of faithfulness I could do today instead of waiting for something bigger?

Close it out.

Read back over what you wrote. Then finish this sentence:

"Instead of waiting for the spectacular, today I'm going to look for God in ___________________."

Remember: He didn't wait for a spotlight to show up for you. He moved into the neighborhood. He's already here — in the plain, ordinary places you're standing in right now.