THE NEXT BIG THING....
           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

DULCE, My Bride of 25 years Christmas pic