Today’s featured article is written by Sarah Beth Cody.
“It’s the little things.”
We say it when a stranger offers an unexpected gesture, when we lay eyes on a beautiful sunset, when we sink our teeth into something we’ve been craving all day. When all else seems mundane—or maybe it seems like everything has gone wrong and nothing can go right—we latch onto the seemingly small things that offer a glimpse of hope and happiness in the midst of that which does not. And then we acknowledge them out loud, as if speaking it into the universe is enough.
I have to wonder, what if we did this with Jesus? How much more intimately would we know Him if we acknowledged the “little things” He does for us?
Experiencing a wave of peace during an unsettling moment. Having kind words escape our mouth towards someone we’ve resented. And yes, even laying eyes on that beautiful sunset.
Those are all Jesus. All of them.
We know that he desperately wants to give us those little things, because “if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, He will certainly care for you.” (Matthew 6:30) He will give you what you need, and He will certainly give you the little things, too.
It seems too good to be true that the God of the universe would care enough to go beyond saving and forgiving and loving us. But oh, how He really, truly does. The One who is “over all and through all and in all” is, indeed, in all. (Ephesians 4:6)
Invite Him into the little moments. Let Him orchestrate the little things. They will suddenly seem bigger, better, sweeter. They will become more frequent because you’ll see them for what they are. And your encounters with Jesus will multiply, because you’ll be looking for Him in everything.
The “little things” will become “Jesus things,” and that’s where life is lived at its fullest.
