More than a decade ago, I had an experience that brought the lesson of this text of scripture to life. Four suitcases. Two carry-on bags weighing about 8kg each. That’s what my wife and I loaded into the van that conveyed us from Carbondale, Illinois to St. Louis, Missouri. As my custom is, I wanted to engage my mind positively during the two-hour drive; so I had two iPads with me in the van, uncased. When we got to the airport at St. Louis we removed all bags, but forgot the iPads, the two little things I had with me. As little as these things are, they worth more than all those suitcases for me. That’s where I have all my sermon notes, devotional write-ups, addresses, calender of events, and much more. Through a timely reminder from my wife I made a couple of calls to the transport company and I got them back.

Character is ruined by little things. Marital harmony crumbles due to little things. All things considered, it is not the big things of life that set people back; it is the seemingly little, little things.

The moral of this story is, the little things that we tend to forget easily might be what hold the aces to our future. Only yesterday we spoke of the need to keep pressing until we reach our goal. However, if there are little flaws that we do not address, all pressing and pushing will be futile. Character is ruined by little things. Marital harmony crumbles due to little things. All things considered, it is not the big things of life that set people back; it is the seemingly little, little things. They are terrible foxes that we must remove before they ruin our garden of destiny. We must trust God to open our eyes to them, and trust Him still for the grace to remove them.