The Small Things and The Heart

I remembered when I first became Christian, I wrote a song for God.  My mother was so happy about it that one day when the pastor and his wife came to visit us, she forced me to sing it before them . Sadly, the pastor wasn't really impressed by it. He said a few nice words about it but he went on to another topic of conversation. And so I kept the song in the "drawer". Until now, I couldn't remember what I had written.

It was a long time since I came back to blog again. And I always do not know what to write. But today the reminder of this event made me want to blog again. Because if this song was to be written today, I wouldn't toss it aside anymore. Because I had known the One I am trying to worship and please with is my God.

Of course, back then, I was writing the song for God also. But I was inclined to take what people thought of me as what God would think of me. I believe many of us as a Christian today, we still seek approval from people. And sometimes we think God would accept us just like the way people would accept us.

So when people look down on the small things we've done for God, we tend to think God has the same feeling as well. We tend to think saying good morning to a lecturer or giving a smile to an office staff wasn't a big thing, wasn't big enough to impress God. It had to be some revival of some places after we prayed or after we went there for a mission, THAT, THAT was going to IMPRESS God.

But God never look down on small things. If God were to do that, Jesus Christ would have laughed at the boy who brought Him five loaves and two fishes and said, "Oh boy, how naive you are, how are these going to feed the five thousands?" That's exactly what we always think of ourselves when we think the gifts we brought to altar was too little compared to what were being brought by others. But remember, God always multiply what we had just as Jesus fed the five thousands with five loaves and two fishes(John 6:1-14).

One of the characters of God that attracted me, amazed me and wonderstruck me was He told us Himself, "I am not like man, I do not look at the appearance, I look at the heart."(1st Samuel 16:17)

It's the heart that matters. Today if you think the things you were doing for Him was too little, inspect your heart and see whether the only reason you do it was for Him.

If God were to look at the appearance, He wouldn't pick a fisherman to be His disciple and do mighty works for Him.

If God were to look at the appearance, He wouldn't humble an educated, high ranked Pharisee who threw away all that he had and said that the only gain he wants is Christ(Philippians 3).

If God were to look at the appearance, He wouldn't incarnate Himself into a carpenter's family.

So do not expect from God like what you would expect from a man.

Dreams to do big thing for Him, but at the same time do not look down on the small things you've done.

Lastly, I would like to end with this verse;

" Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her." (Matthew 26:6-13)

This is what Jesus Christ had said of a sinful woman who had wiped His feet with her hair and perfume she brought.