God of the Small Things

As I was spending some time talking with the Lord today, I began to express to Him how much someone’s few kind words meant to me. I thanked Him for those three words as if they had been a much larger number. It didn’t matter that there were only three words, and to someone else they might not have meant a thing, but to me they meant the world. I thanked God for the small things and went about my day.

I did a few household chores that I no longer had a reason to ignore and I started seeing all kinds of other things that needed to be done too. I passed them by and told myself I’d get back to them later, but no sooner had I thought those words than the Holy Spirit said, “Do it now!” Like a spoiled child I whined, “Why?” And like a loving parent He replied, “Because I said so!” I felt convicted about my obedience to the Lord without question of His infinite wisdom and then something wonderful happened. My heart was opened up because of that conviction and He began to speak even more and reveal the real reason behind our conversation.

The Lord told me that He wanted me to do the small things like they were big. He wanted me to treat them with importance because they ARE important! Often times a big thing is made up of a lot of little things. For instance, if I don’t dust the living room for a week or two, it seems like a small thing, but combined with the fact that I haven’t cleaned the bathroom or done the laundry or opened my mail, it creates hours of work for me…which is a BIG thing. God reminded me of His Word that “If I would be faithful over the small things He would make me ruler over much.” Matt 25:21

I saw that I had been asking for blessings that I wouldn’t have been able to handle if God had given them to me now. He showed me how He was teaching me discipline through the small things and how much that affects my everyday life. Discipline/Faithfulness crosses over into so many areas, from my eating habits to my time with Him. Discipline affected the cleanliness of my home, my productivity at work, and even my financial stability. I stepped back, took a look at my life and was amazed at how many problems would be remedied if I could just apply some discipline, if I could just be faithful. God was trying to teach me on a very basic level how to do that, and today I decided to listen and learn.

I’ve always heard the phrase “He’s the God of the small things,” but it’s never meant quite as much as it means to me today. We know that He exists in the brightness of the stars, the warmth of the sun and the sound of the sea. We can hear Him in the laughter of a child and feel Him in the breeze, but do we see Him everywhere that we should? Do we see the little lessons He’s teaching us every day through ordinary things that will add up to BIG tools in our lives?

-Leah

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