When Serving in Big Ways Means Doing Little Things
A lot of us want to do something big for God. We feel like we’re not serving enough, not doing enough, and we want to push ourselves to do more for God and His kingdom. I don’t think there’s necessarily anything wrong with that. It is good to desire to serve God. But I think we get it wrong with what exactly it means to serve God in a big way. Sometimes, serving in a big way means serving in little ways. Sometimes doing great things for God means doing the small things. Take Ruth for instance. She is called a virtuous woman ( Ruth 3:11 ). Her praises are sung by the local women. These women call Naomi blessed to have such a daughter-in-law, better than “seven sons” ( Ruth 4:14-15 ). Ruth is one of the most highly-praised women we read about in Scripture. What was this marvelous thing she did? Surely she served God in a mighty way. She must have had a three-album deal while being the soloist of her chur...