Apparently Jesus understood the power of a small contribution. Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is like a tiny, little mustard seed. It starts small and then becomes a tall and powerful tree. You might remember that Jesus said if our faith is even the size of a mustard seed, we can move mountains.

Many times we think that our small acts of service, our individual steps of faith, or seemingly small monetary gifts don’t count for much. What a strategy of Satan! “It won’t matter if you worship today. No one will miss you in that big crowd. Why give that little bit of money. My tithe is not significant and won’t make any real impact in the total offering. It won’t matter if I show up for my turn in the nursery today.”

Nonsense! What difference can one person make? The answer, of course is…a lot!

Being a student of God’s word today will not change me much, but if I make it a regular habit, the scriptures will change my character over time.

Last week, we collected a $25,000 offering to help the Haitian people recover from their disastrous earthquake. We had a few $1000 checks, but the most prominent monetary units in the offering were ONE DOLLAR BILLS.

I’m discipling one man right now. Just one! Imagine, though, if I were to keep doing that over and over; eventually I would have helped a whole army of men become mature in their faith.

That’s the way the Kingdom works. The Holy Spirit speaks to one person about their sin. They are moved to repent, to turn away from that sin. They make decisions about honoring Jesus with their lives. They grow. They take a small step of faith and then the Spirit speaks to them about another area of their life. They learn what obedience is and they take some more small steps of faith. Eventually, they are much more mature than they even realized.

In a church like Covenant, there are hundreds of people going through a similar process of taking small steps of faith as they learn to listen to the Lord’s leading in their lives. Individually, it may not look like much, but together it’s a powerful movement of God!

What about you? What small steps have you been taking that you have considered to be insignificant? Will you share it with us and, in doing so, encourage others who will read this article and your experience with this? Please comment now.

See you this weekend,
Branson