For our actual opportunities will for the most part be confined to the ordinary and seemingly petty things of daily life; and since God wishes us to do his will whatever our circumstances, it is not for us to hanker after something out of the ordinary.  Sometimes, perhaps, we may wish that we could serve God in some very special way which as yet he has not thought fit to provide for us.  But such a wish is a mistaken one which really springs from self-love and presumption. (2)

To do great things for God requires great grace from God, and therefore, before hankering after such opportunities, we should do well to pause and consider what use we are making of God’s grace now in doing the little things which he actually requires.

How worthy of God is the worship which we offer to him in his House?  How much real love and trust and adoration do we actually give God?  How deep is our desire and how resolute our will to belong to God for him to use as he pleases?  And what of our life outside his Church?  To what degree is it marked by patience, charitableness, gentleness and good temper in the face of criticism, slights or provocation?