Skip to main content

God is in the little things too.

In 1 Kings 19 God asked Elijah what he was doing, Elijah tells Him how zealous he has been for God and that everyone else has rejected Him and His laws.  He tells God he is the only one left following Him.  

A bit of a pity party and although we may feel like this sometimes, like we are the only ones doing something important, it's not true.  It's easy to spend time feeling sorry for ourselves and wondering why do I have to be the good one?  Stay to the task that God has given you and there is a greater reward than what comes in the moment.

Ok, that is not where I intended to go with this....

"So God tells Elijah to 'go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.' 

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind.  After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire."  

.... let's stop right there for a minute.  If I was in the middle of mountains being torn apart and rocks shattering, I would call someone!  I would have to tell somebody.  But Elijah he says, nope - that wasn't God and he keeps watching.  And then, a fire!  This was the same mountain (i'm pretty sure) that Moses saw God in a burning bush, so if I were Elijah I might have thought, for sure this is God.  I would become consumed with the fire, I am so easily distracted but bring on something big like an earthquake or fire and it consumes me.  

Fortunately, Elijah kept watching.

"And after the fire came a gentle whisper.  When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave."  

So often we wait to see God in big events.  We put off looking for Him everyday, maybe because we don't expect Him to be in the little things.  But I think God cares about laundry and cooking dinner.  He's interested in me when I go to Costco and the post office!  Every where I go, I know God goes too and He longs to show new things.  

The Bible says that "every good and perfect gift is from above", I love that because I know that when I see something good - it's from God!  I think it's as simple as someone holding the door or saying have a good day.  But do I notice?  Do I thank God at that moment?  My encouragement is, start thanking God for the little things and He will open your eyes to so much more!

Much of our focus right now is on our summer trip to Nicaragua.  It's expensive for our whole family to go but we know it is what God has called us to.   So anyway, as I paid our cell phone bill this month I noticed we had a $9 credit, PRAISE GOD!  We received a check from our escrow company for $211, PRAISE GOD!  Our mortgage payment was $200 less, PRAISE GOD!  I know that He is paying attention and doesn't want our focus of this trip to Nicaragua to be on 'can we afford it', He has shown me already He is in the little things!

I will keep you posted on "the little things", I think that is where God does some His best work!

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2009 at 3:27 PM

    Thanks for posting that, Katie. It was just what I needed to hear. I like when you said, "He's interested in me when I go to Costco and the post office! Every where I go, I know God goes too and He longs to show new things." So often I think that God will only meet me when I am reading my Bible or talking directly to Him. It's encouraging to hear, even though I KNOW, that God is always with me. (Just like you said, when driving, and the whole trinity is surrounding you.)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

10 Years Ago...

Ten years ago, April of 2010 we were busy cleaning our house and selling everything we didn't think we would want in a year when we returned from Nicaragua.  Our plan was to spend a year in Nicaragua, actually, Dwight's plan was 6 months.  Our plan was for such a short time because if the kids were struggling or if it wasn't a good fit for us, then we could change plans and return to the U.S..  We rented our house furnished.  We all packed two suitcases and were ready to leave for Nicaragua on June 28.  The evening of the 27th we got a call from American Airlines saying our flight had been cancelled.  Wait a minute I thought; we are moving to Nicaragua, our bags are packed, we have left our house, you can't cancel our flight.  But they did and rescheduled us to fly out two days later. That is how our life has been over the last 10 years.  We make a plan, and our plan, for the most part, has not gone at all as we expected.  I think we are better for this.  Our expec
3 comments
Read more

How Can They Grow So Fast?

Josh got on a bus today to travel 24 hours to Panama City, Panama. He will be gone until the 14th of March participating in a conference called HACIA Democracy (Harvard Association Cultivating Inter-American Democracy). He is a Nicaraguan delegate, representing the U.S. on their stand on gun control. He has studied and now will discuss and argue with others about this topic. Dwight said to me yesterday, as we are packing his suit, how did he grow up so fast? And my question was, did we do a good enough job, what have we missed? The time with our kids is so short and I am so thankful to know that every minute of their lives God has been right there loving them, teaching them and protecting them. They love Him and that is all I could ever want. I am so proud of each one of them. They don't spend so much time cuddling together but I know they love each other and desire the best for one another. They always support each other in their work, fun and dreams. They other night we
Post a Comment
Read more

Let Me Consume Jesus More Than Anything

William and I have been reading through the Daily Chronological Bible since school began in August.  Our dates don't match the reading and we have picked up the pace as we realized it is not likely that we will finish before we go our separate ways.  It has been so good to spend our mornings together this way, especially during his last year of high school.  I find myself thinking on the scripture we read all through the day and the lessons we are learning.  God's Word is not an easy word.  It is filled with blessing and loss... the loss is so great, but God, over and over again redeems what was lost.  The Bible is truly the story of redemption over and over.  He is our hope and salvation. The other day William was reading John 6:56, it says, "Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him" .  I heard the scripture differently that day.  Maybe because this version said "feeds on my flesh" and I had mostly heard "eats my fle
Post a Comment
Read more