Jesus
told a story of The Parable of the Ten Pounds. The part that I want to focus on
is “little or small things.” Luke 19:16-17, The lord said to the servant who
have gained ten pounds more. “You are a good servant because you have been
faithful in a very little . . .” (My translation). I stopped there because I wanted to focus on
that part.
New
Century Version is a good translation.
“The King said to the servant, ‘Excellent! You are a good servant. Since I can trust you with small things . .
.” (Luke 19:17).
Dorothy:
Actually, the Manna of July 28-29 had three titles: Little Things; All Glory to
God; and Empowerment. I printed it to edit them. Then I realized I had more to say a few
things. I just didn’t know how to divide the part, but then it seems easier to
write another Manna for July 30-31. This
one has something to do what I was going through that is related to July 28-29 Manna
how the verses fits my situation.
It
was a humiliating experience which is why I didn’t want to mention it with July
28-29 Manna until July 30-31 Manna. It’s
awkward for me, but I will start . . . with feet . . . There are times Tony
struggled to wash his feet and put on socks.
Most of the mornings, I would wash his feet, and dry them. At times, I
didn’t have strength to do them. Often I had to sit on stool to make my job
easier. I struggled . . .
Thought
came to me, why am I doing this . . . washing feet . . . my strength was limited.
.. I wasn’t feeling good because the maintenance men couldn’t find the problem
of me smelling the gas from the laundry room since we moved in last June 12th. They tested it and several times, they can’t
seem to find the problem.
Finally,
a friend said to call the gas company to check it and they found the
problem. It was furnace, the corner pipe
had 1/2” leak. The gas man called the Landlord’s maintenance man to call the
furnace man to come and check it. So they
got the part and changed them. The gas smell disappeared and I started to feel
better.
I
got my strength back and I was able to use disposable washcloth on Tony’s feet
. . . Then I had a vision of God’s feet that I washing His feet as well as
Tony’s feet. I don’t know how to explain this, but it wasn’t a thrilling
experience at all. It was just like the
verse quoted, “Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” Was I making God
happy washing His feet? Is that what
glory of God means?
It
was a mediation time and it grew on me. Jesus said to me, “Just think of Me,
washing my feet. You envision the nail prints on my feet.” That’s where a
friend shared about the empowerment, “I can do all things through Him Who
empowers me from within!” (Phil. 4:13).
I
pray: “Lord, thank You for empowered me to do little things like washing feet
as though they were great, since I do them in Your name.” During the day, I
felt a song came to my heart and I could sense God’s joy in my soul and then I
understood how important the little things are to Him.
This
is only a small part on my side. I can
imagine that there are many of little things that God wants you to do. You just got to find them. “Whatever you do, just simply makes God happy
doing little things for Him.”
Song came to me:
He
will fill your heart today to overflowing,
As
the Lord commanded you,
“Bring your vessels, not a
few.”
He
will fill your heart today to overflowing
With
the Holy Ghost and power.
[Lelia Naylor Morris, Sing
His Praise]
May
the Lord bless you richly!
Dorothy
PS.
This song came from the story of “The Widow’s Oil” in 2 Kings 4:1-7. What the
title “Bring your vessels, not a few” meant “Bring many vessels you can find”
from neighbors and fill them with oil, sell them, and pay your debts to the
creditors.
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