Thursday, November 8, 2007

Every decision carefully considered...every action held up to the light

"Look at the banknote and hold it up to the light: the watermark, the security thread and the see-through register will then be visible. All three features can be seen from the front and the reverse side of genuine banknotes."
 
This quote is from an article that provides tests to check if currency is real or counterfeit (in this case the Euro banknotes).  Holding things up to the light has long been a way to examine the details of an object, literally, or of an idea, figuratively, for validity.  Today I was considering how our lives break down to the completion of thousands of small tasks that lead to the achievement of larger goals.  I thought about the fact that if we do the small things well...the final result will probably be satisfactory.  I also realized that I often feel a pressure to rush and complete the current task.  If there is a battle over a project, it takes place over the details...the small pieces of the job.  But all large and important efforts and all goals worth attempting are made of many small, seemingly insignificant steps.  We need to hold our attitude up to the light as we attempt each step, to ensure that we value them as much as the final project.  Perhaps that's why the Lord said in Luke 16:10 "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much."
 
The blessing is in the details...let's hold even the small things up to the light!
 
Rob Smith


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