Saturday, November 08, 2008
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Are You Faithful With the Little Things?
by mr pine
It's easy to feel insignificant. For example, in my state, I voted Tuesday morning for every item on the ballot that lost - lost by a lot. But I still voted.
I have a friend who I think is a very talented musician. When he was graduating from high school, he had to make a choice to pursue a career in music or go for something safer like a business degree (like his parents urged him to do). I advised him to go into the music field even though I knew that it was very competitive. I had to because I could tell that music was in his soul and that to squelch it, it would be denying who God made him to be.
He writes in his blog about how he struggles with the fact that he knows that his chances of "making it" in the music business is small because there will always be "bigger fish" who are more talented than him or have better connections than he does.
I think we all feel this way at some point... that there is always someone out there who is better at what we do or that the little things we do don't amount to much in the end. But for the Christian, I think this is missing the point.
I think if you're faithful to God with your gift, whatever it is, He's going to use it as He sees fit. If this means that you're known around the world or you just bless the local community, if it's what God has in store for you, it will be the best that it can be.
Think of the boy who offered his lunch of 5 loaves and 2 fish to Jesus. Was he known for having the best tasting fish and bread? Was he praised for gathering a mountain of food for everyone to eat? No, he was just faithful with whatever little he had. And God used him as an example of what it means to give what you have in faith. And here we are talking about him 2000 years later.
Big fish, little fish... in the end it doesn't matter. The most important fish to those hungry 5000 that day were the two the boy offered. Because it was small, it showed God's power even greater. So in that sense, pray to be smaller so that God can be shown greater.
What are your 5 loaves and 2 fish?
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Comments (10)
Hmm indeed true; sometimes it might surprise one over the great things God can offer with little things that one receives. I suppose it is quite impossible for someone in their right mind to think that he/she is at the top of the world in all things. :-\
my 5 loaves and 2 fish???
children + math/science
hmm mine would be, art, dance, compassion & now nursing. :)
the world is made up of people doing little things, and overall they combine into one big thing.
Thank you so much for this post... it is so easy to feel insignificant in this big world of very significant people. I agree with you as you say that you should be faithful with what little you may have.... and even try to make yourself smaller that God may appear bigger to onlookers. This is important to me because it encourages me in a selfish world to continue to be selfless... Thanks!!
Your entry has given me some flash backs. I too, have had kind of a similar struggle like your friend--worrying about our abilities in performance arts.
Even though your entry is a very realistic and practical reminder, it's very difficult when we're humans and have to face our limit. It's very true, that "making it" or not, it's really up to God's plan. But sometimes, it's even a harder struggle when one later on finds out that God's plan is essentially "neither world famous nor community musician".
"So in that sense, pray to be smaller so that God can be shown greater" is a life-long lesson to learn.
Good post! Thanks for writing this.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing. Thank-you all for the reminder that I need to focus on who is important, God.
My loaves are having a gift and burden to work with Kids, and playing the piano.
Thank you for this post! It is a blessing!