Dear Missionary Lady,
Greetings in the name of the God who always has a plan. We don’t always know the details of that plan, but God does. God simply asks us to obey as He directs us; then He works out the plan.
Often what God gives us to do seems small and insignificant. We may not have any idea of the ramifications of our obedience. Here are a few Bible examples.
God said to Philip, “Walk over to that car.” A little thing for Philip. “Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot” (Acts 8:29). Philip had to run a bit to get to the chariot, and God did the rest. Through overhearing what the Ethiopian eunuch was reading, Philip knew exactly what he needed to do. He answered the man’s questions, and God finished His work in the man’s heart, and through him, God spread the gospel to a new continent.
God said to Peter, “Wake up and go downstairs.” A small task for Peter. “Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them” (Acts 10:20). Peter had to take a walk, but when he got to Cornelius’s house and heard his questions, he knew just what to do. He shared the gospel, and God did the rest. Many people were saved, and God spread the gospel to the Gentiles.
How many other times did God similarly do great things through something simple He asked His people to do?
God told Moses, “Throw your rod on the ground.” (Exodus 4:3). God then worked a sign that gave Moses the courage to lead and the evidence of divine appointment so the people would follow. The end result was the magnificent exodus.
God told Joshua, “Take a walk around the city.” (Joshua 6:3). Then God miraculously tumbled the walls of Jericho and encouraged Israel for the conquest of the land.
Jesus told the blind man, “Wash your face.” (John 9:7). Through the man’s obedience, Jesus healed his blindness and thereby ignited a great confrontation for the truth before the Pharisees.
God told Saul, “Get up and go into the city.” (Acts 9:6). After Saul’s obedience, God converted this great sinner and turned him into a great missionary.
God often asks us to do something small, something simple. When we obey, He gives us further guidance, and He works out His great purposes. God accomplishes amazing things that we never could have foreseen.
“And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward” (Matthew 10:42). “Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 25:40).
May God encourage you this week to keep doing the little, seemingly insignificant things that He asks you to do, and through your obedience, may He accomplish His great plans.
Love in Christ,
Peggy Holt
member at Open Door Baptist Church in Lebanon, PA
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