The Little Things

Have you ever found yourself in a season that you've loved but at the same time struggled with because it looked nothing like what you would have expected the season of life to look like. A season where God has provided blessing upon blessing but at times you find yourself being a little ungrateful because He hasn't provided everything you've been asking for?

As hard as it is for me to admit, I caught myself being a little ungrateful last Friday. You see, I found myself in a classroom full of tired, crying one year old's, cleaning up from yet another lunch where more food had ended up in on the floor than in there mouths and in the midst I found myself griping inside, but suddenly through the chaos I felt the scripture Luke 16:10 being whispered to my soul " Whoever can be faithful in the little things, you will be faithful in the large things" and I was almost stopped in my tracks.

10- 15 years ago if you would have asked me where I thought I would be at the age of 27, I would have probably told you, married maybe even with a child, and maybe in another country as a missionary. Never in a million years would I have told you that I would be a one year old teacher, not married or in a relationship and with no kids.

On the other hand even though I haven’t seen God answer some of those big prayers I’ve had I’ve seen Him provide little things along the way and prepare me for the greater things along the journey, but sometimes it is easy for me to forget

I think I and many out there like me, can sometimes find ourselves griping through the small things/ just surviving through the seasons that we are called to do small things because we are so caught up in desire to do what we or the world consider big things for Christ. For so many years I tried doing big things for Christ on my own because the things that God was actually calling me to do seemed to small to be a part of Gods plan.

For a long time I think what we as Christians think to be ministry is missions, being a pastor, doing big things in the church and " big things" for Christ, and what we consider little things are passed over. For years I loved working with kids but I thought thought that i was called to larger things, so I strived for more not even thinking that the things I considered little could be the ministry I was called to at the moment.

Are you in a season today that you find yourself griping through at times because it isnt what younger you would have expected or had dreamed of. I challenge you to look at the season you are in through a different lense, I believe that we don't end up in any season by accident and God uses every season big or small.

So today i challenge you to be faithful with the small things, maybe God will lead you through this to bigger things or maybe you will find him changing the desires of your heart and what you see as small things

one of my favorite Christian songs on the radio a few years ago and one that’s been on my mind recently is called “do everything” by Steven Curtis Chapman and part of the song says

“As you do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you

Cause he made you

To do

Every little thing that you do

To bring a smile to His face

Tell the story of grace

With every move that you make

And every little thing you do”

i also challenge you to find ways to bring glory to God through the little things.