The theme for our floor this year is this post's title. It's taken from a larger quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I think it could really be a great motivation for me to look for the small things God is doing around me this year. :)
Today as I was reading in 1 Chronicles before chapel I was reading right along until I stumbled on chapter 29 verse 34b, where it says, "the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests had been." Now this is the part where Hezekiah is cleansing the temple after his father Ahaz's wicked reign. Normally the priests would be the ones carrying out the sacrifices to cleanse the temple but because there were too many sacrifices the priests needed help and there weren't enough priests to help out so they called on the Levites to help carry out the tasks for that day.
I think the reason this struck me was because in my mind it seems like out of all the people in Israel, the priests would have been the ones most likely to keep themselves undefiled. They were the only ones allowed into the temple itself, and the Levites, although they were from the same tribe, were only allowed to help with the worship and daily running of the temple, not the "important" stuff like sacrifices. And yet the Levites kept themselves clean during the unholy reign of Ahaz. I imagine it must have seemed pointless at times...why should they continue to cleanse and consecrate themselves if the priests weren't even going that far? But they did and when Ahaz died and his son became king, they were ready to be called upon for the very important role of helping with the consecration sacrifices.
And then it occurred to me that this is exactly the kind of moment our floor theme is talking about. Being faithful in the small, hidden moments allows me to be ready to step into the big moments when God calls me.
Making those seemingly small moments really not so small any more. :)
