Small Stuff
"As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water. 'O my Lord,' he cried out, 'it was borrowed!' The man of God asked, 'Where did it fall?' When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float. 'Lift it out', he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it." II Kings 6:5-7
Everyone needs a friend who has a truck. Inevitably something needs to be hauled that neither car nor minivan can handle. I borrowed my friend's truck recently and it saved the day without question. We hauled and hauled without a single hiccup. I was thankful to return the truck and keys without any dramatic story to tell. I would have felt terrible if anything would have happened to that truck not to mention responsible to fix it.
Apparently, I'm not the first person with those feelings. Our verses for the day record a man so upset over losing a borrowed ax head that he ran to God's prophet for help. Miraculously, Elisha caused the iron ax head to float and the man reached out and grabbed it. That's a bit strange isn't it? Of all the displays of God's power available to Elisha, he makes metal float..?? Truly an odd story. And, a wonderful one. Think about it, God even cares about borrowed ax heads.
You see, small stuff matters to God, because we matter to God. He could no sooner lose interest in the details of our lives than he could the cross of Jesus. Let's be careful not to trivialize certain parts of life so that we fail to engage God for the help that he desires to give. It all matters to him. The Really Big Deal - God, tells us in many different ways that we are a big deal to him.
Grace and Peace,
Tom
Everyone needs a friend who has a truck. Inevitably something needs to be hauled that neither car nor minivan can handle. I borrowed my friend's truck recently and it saved the day without question. We hauled and hauled without a single hiccup. I was thankful to return the truck and keys without any dramatic story to tell. I would have felt terrible if anything would have happened to that truck not to mention responsible to fix it.
Apparently, I'm not the first person with those feelings. Our verses for the day record a man so upset over losing a borrowed ax head that he ran to God's prophet for help. Miraculously, Elisha caused the iron ax head to float and the man reached out and grabbed it. That's a bit strange isn't it? Of all the displays of God's power available to Elisha, he makes metal float..?? Truly an odd story. And, a wonderful one. Think about it, God even cares about borrowed ax heads.
You see, small stuff matters to God, because we matter to God. He could no sooner lose interest in the details of our lives than he could the cross of Jesus. Let's be careful not to trivialize certain parts of life so that we fail to engage God for the help that he desires to give. It all matters to him. The Really Big Deal - God, tells us in many different ways that we are a big deal to him.
Grace and Peace,
Tom
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