This morning I’m sitting in the San Jose airport waiting to fly back to Phoenix. Spent the weekend with our oldest daughter, granddaughter, great granddaughter and great granddaughter waiting to be born. So blessed to have been able to spend that time with them.
Recycling a blog from about 10 years ago. It seems appropriate for today.
Trusting on God to handle the “big” things in our lives seems appropriate right? But then we try to handle the “little” things on our own – surely ,we can handle them. No need to bother God!
Have you ever asked yourself “What’s big to God?”
Big things might appear to be cancer, divorce, terrorist attacks, destructive weather, who knows? While smaller things are the day-to-day occurrences; a broken washing machine, repairs on the car, problems at work, the kids’ friends, too much month and not enough money. These are the things we try to handle on our own; coming to our own conclusions; working out our own answers.
But what is “big” to God?
He, who created the universe, who has been ever present from eternity past to eternity future, who mapped the planets, the sun, moon and stars; He who created the earth and everything in it.
What is “big” to God?
Our “big” things barely make a blip on His radar screen however He tells us to bring everything too Him, that we may find help in time of need.
“Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God.” Philippians 4:6 CEV
Two key words anything and everything – that’s what we are to bring to the Father with thankful hearts knowing that He has a plan.
God has never been caught off guard by any request – He knows before we ask but He still is waiting for us to ask. He’s never leaned over to Jesus and said “Boy, I didn’t see that one coming. That’s a surprise to me; I wonder what I’m going to do.” No! He knows exactly what we need and how to get it to us.
Today give Him the large, that you can’t handle and the small, that you shouldn’t handle, let Him have it all.
“ We have a great high priest, who has gone into heaven, and he is Jesus the Son of God. That is why we must hold on to what we have said about him. 15 Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are. But he did not sin! 16 So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help.” Hebrews 4:14-16 CEV
Big is relative and it all matters to our Father!