Hearing from God Each Morning (August 2)

This blog is about today’s devotion in the book Hearing from God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer.

God doesn’t just want us to be obedient to Him in the big things, but in the small things as well. He wants us to follow Him wholeheartedly, and not just when we want to impress Him or get ourselves out of trouble. When we obey Him in the small things, it shows Him that we are capable to follow His lead on the bigger things.

What is really getting to me lately is what I say. I’ve been thinking a lot more about the words that come out of my mouth. Things I wouldn’t give a second thought to saying before I think about and hold back now. God calls us to not let any unwholesome talk come out of our mouths, and I’ve let a lot of it come out of my mouth before. I still do, because I’m not perfect. But now I don’t just say things and never think of them again. When I slip up, I notice now. I notice and repent of that, because if I can’t control the tiny things like the words out of my mouth, how am I supposed to do the bigger things God has planned for my life? The small things mean way more than people would like to think.

I believe that the little things in life are what make the character of a person. Most people would react the same and “correct” way in a lot of big situations. Ask anyone if they would give up their life for their best friend and most of them would say that they would. But when you watch the little details of peoples’ lives, that is where their true character is found. The way a person lives their day-to-day life means so much more than one big great decision. Anyone can make one really important decision right once. But can everyone make lots of little right decisions on a daily basis? No. The great news is, when we accept Jesus into our heart and the Holy Spirit comes into our lives, we aren’t alone in making those decisions. We have help. I’m ever grateful for this, because without God in my life, I know I wouldn’t be the person I am right now. This is not me. This is God living in me.

I know I got really off topic in this blog, but it really started a whole chain of thoughts that I felt I really needed to write down.