Little Things

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Little things. Its amazing how so often we can overlook all the little things in favor of the big thing. If you see a flood, no one looks at it and says "I wonder how many raindrops went into making that flood". No, you kind of just look at it as a whole. But thats the thing, Without rain, or, "small things", that big thing, that HUGE flood, so much more than any one ran drop could achieve, would never have happened. We are so quick to look to a big job, because we want a big reward, but somehow all the little jobs slip through our grasp. And that's so wrong. In fact, its the little jobs, the little things that may never actually pay off, that require the most faith to go through with. Faith to move a mountain, comes from faith to move a hill, or even just a stone. You need to build up, like building muscle. Start small, and be faithful in repetition of doing the odd chore here or there for your parents, that they may not even notice. Pick up that bit of rubbish at your school, save someone else doing it. They aren't big things, at all. But its so easy to ignore God's voice in that, because, well, you can't see a purpose in it. God does, but you don't.

Funny thing happened to me a little while back at Kids Church camp. I have this nack for chewing on things with my front teeth and seeing what i can chew through. I did this for like, a few months, chewing through pen lids and stuff, i thought i was pretty cool. Then, you go for the big fish. I was soo confident i could chew through this big piece of copper wire, about 1ml thick. So, i started chewing, give or take, 10 seconds later? Yeah, i chipped my tooth. But thats the thing, yeah, i failed this time, but, what if i had gotten through? Theres no way i could have come even close, if i hadn't had a shot at the smaller things. Now, if you try something bigger and fail, dont worry. Even failure builds muscle, but when you do the small things, and trust God to answer you with the little things that don't matter so much to you, you start to see God for the person he is. The things he asks you to do, those little things, give you faith and confidence to land something big, WHEN you're ready. A cool reference i hard to this was on a website called http://www.therebelution.com. Check it out, amazing website. They were talking about Vikings, and how they were the most incredible super power in their times. But do you know why? They rowed themselves to shore, in their longboats. Yeah, those 20 tonne longboats, they CHOSE to row by themselves. They had slaves who could do it, but, the Vikings did it. they rowed the whole way. So, basically, these guys are RIPPED. They are absolutely covered in muscle, because they had faith in the small, little act of rowing to shore, which in turn, built muscle, which, in turn, gave them strength to do big things. These guys rocked up and made a mess of things. Its no wonder half of England was terrified of them. They had faith in small things. THATS something to be scared of. Matthew 25:21 says: "You have been faithful with a little, so I will give you much". When God see's that were going to take EVERYTHING he asks us to do seriously, even the little things, he'll start to trust us with big things.

But, like, Josh, how do i know when enough is enough? How do i know when to push for bigger things? I'm so over small things, I can't see any point in it at all. 
2 Corinthians 5:7- "We live by faith and not by sight". That should answer the latter. You don't need to see God's hand to know its there. Its like air. You don't see it, in fact, you probably take it for-granted, but, its always there. How do you know when to settle for little things though? Psalm 32:10- Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.Well, thats the thing. You never stop, and steadfast love will surround you and strengthen you. If God gives you something big, you'll know if you have the strength to tackle it. If not, ask him. But always, always, through repetition, build that muscle. Eventually you'll land something huge, whether by yourself, or in a team, and you'll reap a huge harvest.  I don't care what you do, you can clean toilets for all I care, but trust God with it, and when you clean one super messy toilet bowl, give god the praise. hahaha that gross, but seriously, Try it this week. Do a few small things, don't tell anyone, but trust God with little, insignificant things. Whether its paying for a randoms train ticket, thanking the crossing lady, whatever, i challenge you to go out of your way each day to do something small, and watch how God honors that. Be blessed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ZGaFkyl0U

Luke 12:22-34