Living in the Small

This is a thought that has been ruminating in my head for a while now. The thought is, why does it seem like day to day nothing really changes in life and then one day, something big happens? After pondering this thought for a while, I have come to the conclusion that this is God's way of developing faithfulness in us. If we are willing to live faithfully day by day, even when life throws us a curve ball, eventually we will see change. Sometimes that change comes in big ways.

I have come to call this "Living in the Small". I think we tend to relish the idea of "living in the large", which I translate as having everything go well with our finances, getting our way in life, never having any trouble. I call it this because it strikes me that we make ourselves out to be larger than life, more important than anyone around us. In contrast, Living in the Small means being faithful to whatever God has called us to do, regardless of how difficult it seems at the time. It means forsaking our own interests at times to serve God and others.

The whole idea of being rewarded for living faithfully is well supported in scripture. I've been studying Proverbs for a couple of months now, and I wrote down a few scriptures that say it better than I can -

"The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage." Prov 21:5
"A faithful man will abound with blessings." Prov 28:20
"He who trusts in the Lord will prosper" Prov 28:25

I think Solomon knew what he was talking about. Instead of getting discouraged when life moves along slowly and nothing seems to change, I'm going to remember these verses and purposefully live faithfully day by day, knowing that things will change.

Peace and blessings,
John