For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice.
Small bites eat an entire meal. Small steps walk the entire distance. Small seeds lead to large plants. Everything begins somewhere. Do not neglect or overlook the good work of small deeds done faithfully. The fat and sassy get struck down whereas the small and faith-filled are raised up. Do not lose sight of the problems of bigness when considering those of smallness.
"When you are small and vulnerable, you trust in God because you know that you have to. When you grow big, and slick, and professional, you know what happens to Jeshurun, don’t you? Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked (Dt. 32:15)" -- Douglas Wilson, The Christian Imagination
So, do the good work before you today, regardless of how small. Little faith can see the potential of largeness, but a great heart is required to submit to small things for Christ's sake.
2 King 5:13
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, "My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, 'Wash, and be clean?'"
We are often prepared to make great gestures and just as often offended at being asked to do so little. But great things are not often being asked of us. Great things are prepared for us and will be obtained by small acts of simple obedience.
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