Aspirations
The Power of Small Things
Morning Glories
The early mornings are like no other time of the day! The light of day having not yet broken through the crevices of the curtains, I take a moment to breathe deeply and smile at the cascading peace I feel within. I covet these moments. It is when everyone else is asleep and I can meditate on a word or a thought that God has dropped in my heart. My Father, what do you want me to know? What do you want me to share? ..and He speaks in His own way. I hold His truths to be self-evident as He gives me fresh insight on….
THE POWER OF SMALL
The Projectile
David, loading his sling with a small stone slays a giant setting an enemy nation to flight and ensues victory for God’s Chosen (1 Samuel chapter 17). A bullet in the hands of the dishonorable destroys many lives; the righteous, the unrighteous and their own. There is no victory.
The Rudder
The rudder (steering) of a boat in the hands of a skilled navigator guides it to safe harbor (James 3:4). The rudder of a boat in the hands of a conflicted navigator simulates forward advancement but its circuitous routings result in a much longer, much more painful journey.
The Mustard Seed
A mustard seed is tiny but the tree it produces provides shade and great abode for many creatures that find it (Matthew 13: 31-32).
Your Yea and Your Nay
A “Yes” to a marriage proposal changes the trajectory of a life. A “No” to a hasty proposal preserves it.
The Tongue
The tongue of a talebearer destroys (James 3:5). The tongue of the wise saves cities (Ecclesiastes 9:14-15).
Ambition
Ambition can lead to a life of comfort. Uncontrolled ambition negatively impacts every life it touches (Proverbs 13:11).
Yeast
Yeast is to dough as a proud spirit is to a fool (Proverbs 16:18-19).
A Child
Pray for the nation whose king is a child and whose leaders celebrate and feast before working the matters of the land (Ecclesiastes 10:16).
Happy is the nation whose king is a nobleman and whose leaders work hard before they feast and drink, and then only to strengthen themselves for the tasks ahead! (Ecclesiastes 10:17).
The Conclusion of the Matter
The stone, the bullet, the rudder, the mustard seed, the “Yes”, the “No”, the tongue, ambition, the yeast, a child. These are all small but very powerful things. Take care in how you perceive them or use them. You will either support life or take it.
You have mountains to climb. What will you choose to accompany you?
Choose Faith
Choose Faith…for it is said that faith can move mountains (Matthew 17:20). Faith can pluck up a sycamore (mulberry) tree (Luke 17:6).
As Christians we get excited and can understand very clearly the power it takes to ‘move’ the mountains in our lives. They are in front of us, tangible and grievous to behold. In comparison, the sycamore tree doesn’t seem all that formidable. But here’s the thing. You can see the mountain you have to climb. On the otherhand, you cannot see the entire sycamore tree that needs to be plucked up. The mature sycamore tree has a root system almost equal to the size of the tree that you see above ground. So, to pluck the tree up and toss it aside is to pull up a labyrinth of twisted, entangled roots that have grown around boulders and rocks that anchor it in place. It’s easy to cut the tree down. But you would not have obliterated the problem because you left the root system. For example, you can tell someone you forgive them but if every time you see them or their name is mentioned you feel a slow burn, then the root system of unforgiveness is still there.
Choose faith in a time where houses are divided and relationships are strained. Root systems are thriving below the surface breaking ground exposing themselves for what they are. Thoughts, strongholds (boulders) spoken only in private among like minds are surfacing to reveal a labyrinth of misconceptions. Misconceptions that breed misunderstandings, separation and hatred.
Choose Wisdom
Chose Wisdom…that seeks understanding of those things you don’t know and have never experienced (Proverbs 1:5). Bias has shaped our logic, our thoughts and feelings. The measuring stick by which we measure others is faulty so how can we use our own wisdom to judge others?
Our wisdom is self-serving. Recall in 1 Kings chapter 3, the prostitute who accidently rolled on her newborn and suffocated it? Another prostitute had had a baby also and while she was sleeping the mother of the dead child switched her child for the live one. Both women sought King Solomon to settle the matter as to whose child the living was. The mother who would not admit loss wanted to go with King Solomon’s initial suggestion to divide the living baby and they each get a half. Think about it. Our logic, our wisdom is motivated by self-preservation or one upmanship. It is built-in. It is a product of this flesh we are housed in. That is why as new creations in Christ we seek the wisdom of God that comes from above.
Try on my shoes, I’ll try on yours.
Choose Love
Choose Love…for it covers a multitude of faults (1 Peter 4:8).
Lord, in these times of drawing lines in the sand, placing chips on our shoulders, help us to refrain and not to forget who we are. We are your Chosen. We are a royal priesthood, a holy generation who can discern and cast off the thoughts and works of unrighteousness. Dear Jesus, our Savior, we choose to be like you. Just You.
To read the feats of the heroes in the Bible and how they stood for the right and righteousness is easy reading.
Now it’s your turn. God already promoted you from being pew saints, compliments of the coronavirus, now BE don’t SAY who you are. Remember that ‘level’ God was going to take you to that you’ve spoken about so many times? It’s no more of the soothing cliché ‘wait for it’, it’s “you have arrived, now walk in it!” Write YOUR story. Allow yourself to be read of men, present and future.
Yes, there is
POWER IN SMALL THINGS
but don’t
be small.
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