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The world’s largest aircraft carrier is 1,092 feet long with a crew of almost 6,000 personnel. The world’s highest bridge is in Colorado at 1,053 feet. The world’s largest cake weighed 128,000 pounds including 16,000 pounds of icing.
We all like big things. And there’s nothing wrong with that, as long as we don’t let our focus on big things rob us of time for the little things God has called us to do today. Jesus, who was the Son of God, commanded his followers to seek out the lowest positions and wait for Him to open doors for bigger things in His timing.
Many Christians today equate bigness with God’s blessing. And while sometimes that is the case, it certainly isn’t always. God doesn’t call everyone to bigness but he does call everyone to faithfulness, not just to the big wonderful work you’ll do someday, but to the lowly task He’s called you to today.
Serving God in small ways as well as big ways redeems the time
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Some people just love for everything to be proper and their world comes unraveled when it’s not. I think that can be a tactic of the Devil at times to keep us from being effective and from enjoying life’s little surprises.
For example, when I drive to a seminar I like to be comfortable on the way, so I wear casual clothes and if the meeting calls for it, I change into suit and tie at a gas station just before arriving where I speak. But a few years ago, that system failed me when I got to the gas station and found my suit and tie, but not my dress shoes. There was no time to buy any, so I just showed up in a suit and tie with tennis shoes. I got some strange looks when I arrived but after I explained what happened they thought it was funny and we had a good meeting.
Remember, being proper is nice, but if it doesn’t happen, you can still redeem the time.
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There are approximately 14,000 individual parts in the average automobile. If you were to have all 14,000 parts spread out on the floor in a large room and began shoveling them into the body of the car, do you then suppose that after a few minutes you could hop in turn the key and drive away? Of course not.
Those parts have to be carefully assembled in the right place and in the right order. That’s also how managing time works. You have 25 things you need to get done today. You can throw them onto your schedule haphazardly and hope it all gets done or you can create a system for dealing with the highest priority items first, then getting as many of the smaller items in as possible.
God created an orderly universe. He also told us in Scripture to do everything decently and in order. That’s because bringing order and control to the 14,000 parts of your day is the only way you’ll redeem the time.
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A frantic mother was trying to calm her five year old boy who was throwing a temper tantrum as the crowded plane was preparing to leave. Seeing the mother’s dilemma and realizing the passengers were quickly becoming irritated, a man in army uniform approached, whispered in the boy’s ear and pointed to the medals on his chest.
Immediately the boy was silenced.
An amazed flight attendant asked the soldier what he told the boy. He replied, “ I showed him my stars and ribbons and told him they allow me to throw one passenger out the plane door on any flight I choose.
That little boy understood authority. That’s something every Christian should understand as well. God provides various means for us to know His will in how we should use our time each day. But one of the most often overlooked is the authority figures God places over us. Checking with our authorities, such as parents, employers, and church leaders will often provide clear direction to redeem the time.
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