The Smallest of Details

Totally random, very short thought before heading to bed. I was talking to my roommate just a few moments ago and a thought that I voiced to her in our conversation is sticking with me...it kind of fits in with my post a few days ago about how God is in the details, but at the same time, that's not entirely it either. We run through life every day just trying to get by, just trying to make it until the night so that we can say we've made it through and then start all over again the next morning. In our day to day lives, there are so many little tasks that don't require all that much thought and attention, things that we put on auto-pilot in our minds and go through the motions of without being involved in the task at hand. We can know that God is in everything, we can see Him leading us down different paths in our lives, but sometimes we get so used to our auto-pilot lives that we forget that God wants to be a part of even the most menial of tasks, like going to the bank or randomly calling a friend. What happens when God steps in and does something that directs the little things? It catches us off guard, and maybe even pushes us a little bit our of our comfort zones. But think about it...if God cares enough to direct even the little things, He totally cares enough to direct the big things. Even though we don't always see the big picture and can't always figure out what God is doing with the big things in our lives, He pays attention to the smallest of details, so there is no rhyme or reason to doubting that He's got His eye on the big picture. We have no reason to worry...God is painting the picture of our lives, starting with the smallest of details.

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. ~Matthew 5