Using the Little

Sometimes we feel useless.  Sometimes we feel like we have nothing to give.  We have this weird need in us that we have to have this grandiose gesture that will change the world in one swoop of our hand.  Maybe we want a gigantic ministry like Reinhard Bonnke and save millions in one night.  Or to feed thousands by breaking a cracker.  Or to sing a song, and like the Pied Piper have all that hear you sing, come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  While none of that is wrong, in fact, things my heart desires, there's nothing wrong with the small.

Remember, "God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.  God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things-and the things that are not-to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before Him." (1 Cor 1:27-30)

Which is good news, because that means that we're prime candidates for God to use us.  Check out God's word.  He used little to conquer the big.
-David had a pebble
-Moses had a staff
-Sampson had a jawbone
-Rahab had a string
-Mary had some ointment
-Aaron had a rod
-Dorcas had a needle

What do you have?  Much more than what you think.  He empowers the tiny deed.  The timely hug.  The sent note.  The baked bread.  The word of encouragement.  The mowed lawn or shoveled driveway.  The door opened.  The night of babysitting.  Carts put away at the department store.  Obedience.

Each tiny deed, the tiny gift that God has given to us, can conquer something big.  Whether it's in someone else's life or in the spiritual realm, we have no way of knowing what the outcome will be.