THE POWER OF SMALL THINGS.

There is power of little things; when things are little, we tend to neglect them. People are naturally inclined to do big things. People want to make it big, to drive big cars, to own big houses, to work with big corporations. Whatever your intention is, there is great power in small things, small tasks, small enterprises, small kind actions, and small bold steps. A wise man said that everyone is trying to accomplish big things without knowing that the big things are made up of small components.

While you are preparing to do big things, prepare yourself by being efficient in handling small things. It is your efficiency in handling small tasks that makes you qualified for greater things. But you see, what happens is that great things often come in small packages and we don’t recognize it when they come. Great opportunities can come disguised as work, great moments can come disguised as challenges and if we are not prepared to take on responsibilities and confront challenges, we may go on complaining as though no opportunity ever came around.

Do not dissipate your energy doing everything; find something you were created to achieve. Get dedicated to God and start with the small things around that everyone is neglecting. Sometimes, you are looking for platforms and you may forget simple platforms and fix your eyes on big platforms. Start performing from your small stage and the bigger stage will come. Serve God on the smaller platform and the bigger platform will come. Do not fold your hands simply because you think no one is giving you an opportunity. Look around you, you will find where to start from.

Our people say that what we are often looking for in faraway places can actually be found in nearer places. Look within you, what is that small thing that you have been neglecting; your ability to act, your ability to sing, your ability to write, your dexterity with computers, your negotiation and speaking abilities and with all that you’ve got, you still think that you’ve got nothing? Dear friend, you have a lot. What you simply need is polishing of your small skills; and you know that slow and steady polishing will always graduate you as a finished product.

So check out where you can start from and if you don’t really know where to start from, pray and ask God for direction. Remember, when Jesus asked his disciples, ‘What do we have?’ and they answered him, we have NOTHING except five loaves and two fish, yet those NOTHING in the hands of God fed five thousand men and still remained. When Moses had NOTHING except a ROD, the rod in the hands of God divided the RED Sea and proved to be the perfect tool for the moment. When David bragged that God was able to give the giant into his hands, he had NOTHING in his hands except his catapult, that simple tool in the hands of God brought down the giant called Goliath.

So are you ready? Wouldn’t you rather look within, look around and identify those small things that can stand you out when you do them. I believe when you start, you will grow from doing small things in great ways to doing big things in even greater ways because efficiency begins with perfection in getting small things done in great ways.

Stay Blessed and Motivated!