Less is More

I don't know if you can have too much of a good thing or not, but the older I get, the more I believe " less is more". Most of us, who grew up in America, were sold a "bigger is better" philosophy. It's sown into our DNA, the notion success is measured by quantity or sheer mass. We have been told "go big or go home". Christians need to stop buying it.
So many of us think we need to do something "big" for God. Somehow we forget that God does much with little. He created a universe from nothing except His words. Started a nation with one man named Abraham. God used Gideon and 300 men to scare an army to death. In John Chapter 6, He fed 5000 with five loaves and two fish. The very next day, He cut the size of His following down to twelve men, who would change the world. He miraculously saved countless through the sacrifice of one man named Jesus.

 For some reason, we engineer everything we do and measure everything we accomplish by the numbers. Large numbers are rarely associated with quality. Mc Donald's might have sold the most hamburgers, but I don't think many would argue McDonald's hamburgers are the best . They aren't. The best hamburgers are sold in the little hole in the wall restaurants. Ministries now borrows themes  and tactics from some the biggest and best marketers. If we have to sacrifice  the details to reach the masses, so be it.  Somewhere we forgot small things matter to God.

 In Jesus's concern for the "least of these" , He did not suggest a complex solution. He suggested we supply food and drink for those in need, and a visit for lonely isolated souls. No branding, no marketing. No entertainment. Just one simple strategy. He equated the importance of those considered "the least" to Himself. In other words, the source of life itself.


 Jesus taught in Luke 16:10
 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much... 

So you could say, following Jesus means you might have to sweat the small stuff.
We serve a big God, who cares about the little things.
He even cares about each and every little sparrow. 
That's Good News for us. He is faithful.