The Importance of Small Things

Then the LORD asked him, 'What is that in your hand?' 'A shepherd's staff,' Moses replied. (Exodus 4:2 NLT)

There was Moses sitting alone and dejected on the semi-desert mountainside watching a mere flock of sheep and wondering why he couldn’t be out saving his people from the slavery of Egypt, feeling like such a failure after 80 years of nothingness and seeming further from his goal than ever.

Moses answered, “Only a wooden rod, Lord. Only a poor old shepherd’s crook and a few dumb sheep in the wilderness of a strange land among strangers. What could I do, Lord? I’ve failed to save Your people, and now it’s too late!”

But with that old wooden shepherd’s crook in Moses’ hand, through the voice of Aaron, God used Moses as His instrument to free six million Jewish slaves of Egypt, plague the world’s leading power, part the Red Sea, and deliver the Israelites from their Egyptian bondage through great tribulation into the Promised Land.

So never belittle the little things or little ones, and you’re wondering what you could possibly do, think of Moses.—DBB [1]

We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. … Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.—Mother Teresa

[1] "What Is That in Your Hand?" Anchor, May 12, 2015.