Small Faith
By Linda Hogue
Does God ever invade your thoughts in such a way that it stops you dead in your tracks? It happens to me every now and then. God mostly corrects me, but I don’t care because I’m just so glad to hear from Him. And really, when you think about it, it shows that He cares. It also shows He believes I can do better.
Let me tell you about one particular day. I was walking to my office, thinking about the day ahead of me, asking God to do those things He does… You know – fix some impossible situation, give hope where there is none, provide resources when there just aren’t any… God’s good at those things. I was praying in faith! I believed God could do those things, and I told Him so. I told Him I wouldn’t ask if I didn’t believe in His power and love.
Yessirree!
I believed God for the big things.
And that was His point…
God stopped me in my tracks and said, “Your faith is too big. You’re waiting to see ME do the big things, so you can revel in your big faith. I want you to see Me in the small things, the everyday things, the ordinary things. That’s where true faith really is. I want your faith to be small.”
So I’m happy to say my faith is a little smaller now. I’m willing to stop waiting for big things and look at the small things God is already doing. And by small, I don’t mean insignificant; I mean ordinary—the things we might not think God has anything to do with. They very often have an explanation. We learned about those things in school, or they’re just a coincidence, or they’re a natural occurrence. Of course the sun rises. Of course we’re going to eat dinner again today. Of course the cut on my finger will heal.
Of course, of course, of course.
What we need to do is back up and ask ourselves, Why does the sun rise? Where does our food come from? Who gave us the ability to earn a paycheck? How do doctors know what they know? It can all be traced back to God.
Small faith risks ridicule. Small faith looks to God in the mundane and ordinary.
Small faith is a place of peace.
