Week 11, Day 2: The Little Things
Today’s Reading: Mark 15:1-16:20
Some thoughts from yesterday’s reading…
Have you ever thought that the little things that you may do are insignificant? Do you think that some of the things you do in service to God go overlooked? I know that I have talked with people before who seem to have these thoughts. They think that their service is considered “less” in some way because they don’t do some of the more prominent and noticeable jobs in the Lord’s church. But, that simply is not the case. Sometimes it is the “little things” that mean the most!
Consider a verse from our context. In Mark 14:3-9, we can read the account of a woman who brought a very costly perfume and anointed the head of Jesus. The people who were there complained, saying that it was wasteful and that the perfume should have been sold and given to the poor. Jesus rebuked them, and told them that this woman had done a good deed. She had anointed His body for the grave (even thought they didn’t realize that the time was quickly coming when Jesus would be killed). But, the verse that stood out the most to me was Mark 14:9. Jesus said that this woman’s deeds would be spoken of where ever the gospel was preached! This was not a big thing (though it was expensive for her). It was a small act. And yet that small act would be a part of the teaching of the gospel from that day forward. We are indeed still speaking of her in the proclamation of the gospel today! This event is so important that it is included in each of the gospel accounts!
This should make us pause and think about our actions in life. The little things that we do, that may seem insignificant to us, may be things that are very important to others. More importantly, they may be very important to God. After all, if we were deciding what accounts were to go into the Bible, would we have chosen this story to appear four times? Probably not. But, to God, it was an important account, and the reputation of this woman lives on through the record of her actions.
But, we should also consider that wicked small things could also have a big impact. It is not just the righteous things that we do that can have a great impact, but the unrighteous as well. We should never dismiss sin in our lives as being “insignificant”, as we will never know just how much impact it might have. Even those “little things” that we think don’t affect anyone else can have a tremendous impact down the road.
So, let us make sure that we don’t leave the “little things” undone that need to be done. And let us avoid those “little things” that often tempt us to sin.
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