Big Things

For the longest time I have always had a hard time accepting when people would talk about wanting to do big things for God. It seemed to be the talk that fired up youth. I couldn't figure out why doing 'little' things wasn't enough for some people. It seemed to me that the focus was more on the big things than God.

Perhaps I allowed the pendulum to swing a bit too far the other way in my own life. I wasn't looking for big ways that God could use me. Rather, I was content to do the 'little things'. Not that I see teaching as a little thing, but I didn't figure that I would end up in any book about people who changed the world. I realized recently that I had been content to do those things within my areas of strength. Instead of being forced to depend on God alone, I was leaning on my own strength far too much. I am still trying to 'figure out' what all this means for me. I do know that I want to be depending on God much more than I am.