The Little Things

It's when we appreciate God in the little things, that we see Him at work in the big.

A few weeks ago our children's programming was talking about how Jesus's first miracle was turning water into wine. Basically the one that all kids know. Of course the kids we're completely astonished as they may have been the first time they heard the greatness of our God, but what really got them excited were the stories of the modern day miracles. One like how God was able to heal a pastor who had over 900 pounds of equipment land on his neck, or how a hungry orphan asks for steak after hearing the orphanage was out of food and then amazingly received some of the best steak. That's the God we serve!

After that Sunday morning service I was awaken by the greatness of our God.

It's trust in Him that allows these incredible things to happen. If I trust and know for certain that my God is able to turn water into wine, make the blind see, calm storms, and raise people from the dead. Then shouldn't I trust that he is able to that he can bring me through a hard test or a night of babysitting with tyrant children? We don't sometimes.

I challenge you to look through the gospels and see the miracles Jesus was able to perform and think about the little things in your life where you don't believe God could be at work. Have the reading change your perspective on how indescribable and big our God is.

Do You Trust Me?

Four simple words,
Do You Trust ME? 
Four simple words,
But some of the four hardest words to actually believe.

Life isn't always easy, and for the past few weeks it's definitely been nothing but easy. But the words, Do you trust me? keeps flowing through my head.

This Sunday during our kids programming, we talked about when Jesus calls the first four of the disciples.

For me this story is just mind boggling. Here are four professional fishermen who clean their nets after a day of not catching anything and find Jesus preaching on the seashore. Jesus gets into Simon-Peter's boat and tells him to take the boat out a little from the shore. Jesus then tells Simon-Peter to move the boat the deeper water (also mind boggling because the prime fishing spot was near the shore) and let your nets down. I love Simon's answer though, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets"  (Luke 5:5 NIV). First came his doubt, but then he trusted. Then because of his faith, he catches literally a boat ton of fish. After seeing this Jesus says,

"Don't be afraid; from now on you will fish for people" (Luke 5:10). 

And they followed.

Just like that. Simon-Peter, Andrew, James and John, the first four disciples drop everything to follow Jesus. They lose the security of a paying job, the comfort of a place to stay each night, the love of their families all behind.

So why is it so often we don't want to give it all over to God? What aren't we trusting God with?

Do we trust the Creator of the world, the perfect Son of God, and the one who is sovereign over all enough to leave everything behind and follow Him?