God cares about the little things... 2 Kings 6:1-7

One day the group of prophets came to Elisha and told him, “As you can see, this place where we meet with you is too small. Let’s go down to the Jordan River, where there are plenty of logs. There we can build a new place for us to meet.” “All right,” he told them, “go ahead.” “Please come with us,” someone suggested. “I will,” he said. So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees. But as one of them was cutting a tree, his ax head fell into the river. “Oh, sir!” he cried. “It was a borrowed ax!” “Where did it fall?” the man of God asked. When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water at that spot. Then the ax head floated to the surface. “Grab it,” Elisha said. And the man reached out and grabbed it.  2 Kings 6:1-7

Sometimes you run across a passage in the bible and you wonder "why is this story there?"  This is one of those passages.  On the surface it seems like some random event that doesn't fit with the rest of the chapter.  Some guys cutting trees. An ax head falls into the river.  Elisha retrieves it.  But I find that sometimes it's the small, simple things that carry the greatest truths.  In this account we learn one simple truth about God:

God cares about the little things!

How many times have we experienced small setbacks, little things that go wrong, and instead of turning to God for help, we just chalk it up to "bad luck?"  We think that God is too busy for the small stuff.  This account dispels that thought, and confirms to us God does care about the little things that happen in our life, and that He's never too busy to help us with them.

My wife Tammy sometimes looses her keys, and when that happens she does the funniest thing:  She prays and asks the Lord to help her find them.  Sure enough, within a few minutes, she’ll walk right to where those keys are.  I find that kind of faith in the small things to be pretty impressive.  

This kind of faith is faith that GROWS, because if we’ll begin to bring the little things to God, and seek His help, it conditions us to bring the big things to Him when they come.

Today, I’m going to practice having faith in the small things.  By the way, has anyone seen my keys?

"If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones.”  Luke 16:10 (NLT)

Pastor Clay