In our Pop culture it seems like we are always looking for the next big thing. It seems like a never ending search for something new, something big, something sensational. What if the NEXT BIG THING was a little thing? What if the biggest things are the things no one notices, no one sees or senses? What if even the BIGGEST things of all are made up of myriads of little things?
The chair you might be sitting on is made of
invisible molecules, infinitesimal atoms. The vast immeasurable visible Universe
was made from the invisible! What if life is like that? What if the smallest
things are actually important? What if, things we think about, things we say
and do every day actually count for something HUGE? What if apparently
inconsequential people in unimportant places and everyday actions could affect
eternity?
What if many small acts of service, done to make
life better for someone add up to a life that deeply influences others and makes
the world better? What if loving the unloved, reaching out to the rejected,
sharing what you have with one who has not, could create a culture of love and
caring? What if all kinds of little things actually affect eternity for
someone’s? What if a chance encounter or small meeting, a short prayer, or a
small act of kindness could have an effect for a lifetime?
My prayer for myself and all of you is that we
could wake up to the new normal that Jesus defined for us: a life of submission
to the Father, of listening to HIM, simply loving GOD with all we have and
others as ourselves. Sharing that with a few, as we serve the many is not a big
thing but it’s a lot of little things. It’s not being materialistic but being
relational. It’s about listening to God and others.
Paul writing to the multisite church of his day writes: Ephesians 5: 14” for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.”
I hope together we can escape thoughtless churchianity
with all of its corporate consumerism. We might walk aware of every little
thing, each heartbeat, every breath of air, each living thing, every person, and
then every little circumstance could be filled with meaning. Oh if only we
could be careful of how we live, if only we could see the light of HIS life and
LIVE there. There are so many opportunities to say and do the little things, to
BE LOVE, to live love for HIM and those around us.
Remember GOD
came down at Christmas not big but
little. Everyone who was looking for the next BIG thing missed him! Thirty
years of thoughts and actions no one noticed, three more years of ministry in
the backwaters of the Roman Empire but what a LIFE! May you be faithful to HIM in the little
things that make up for a GREAT BIG LIFE!
Merry CHRISTMAS and Bless you in every LITTLE THING!!!
JON
