Have you ever twisted your ankle? That hurts, doesn’t it?
On a sunny fall evening a few years ago, my dad was cutting hay in the field. I was running around the field, picking up some wisps of hay, when suddenly my foot hit an uneven spot and my ankle twisted. Ouch! I sat down for a few minutes because it really hurt!
A little while later, as my sister and I were sitting there, Jack, the man who owns the field, came over to talk to us. He did something for me that I appreciated. He saw I was facing west, with the setting sun shining in my eyes. He kindly stood in front of me, carefully positioning himself so the sun wouldn’t be in my eyes. We talked for a few minutes about the hay.
What he did was just a little thing, yet it was kind, and I noticed it and it helped. I remember sitting there in the hayfield, looking up at him and thinking how nice that was of him to keep the sun out of my eyes.
Sometimes what we can do for the Lord Jesus does not seem like very much, but He sees it all. And if we do it for Him, He will reward us in heaven for it.
God sees the little things we do for others and writes them down in His book. Matthew 10:44Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. (Matthew 10:4)2 Says, “Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water ... he shall in no wise lose his reward.”
There are lots of little things boys and girls can do for others that would be pleasing to the Lord Jesus. If you see that somebody has dropped something, you can pick it up for them. Have you ever carried a bag of groceries into the house for your mother? Do you ever take your dog for a walk without being asked? What about raking leaves or filling the bird feeder? Any of these would be helpful, and you can surely think of many other little things. What you do for others would be pleasing to the Lord Jesus too.
ML-04/13/2014