Pequeno things

It's Peru and we are in traffic. We roll past a semi-organized protest (there's quite a few of these) and arrive at the warehouse where the wheelchairs we are supposed to pick up are stored. The team is happy to put forth physical effort and the work is quick and joyful. As we wander around for a few minutes as final preparations are made, I find a  raisin/peanut/m&m snack mix from the flight that was in my backpack, having gone uneaten on our flight down. Throwing the snack to one of our team, I simply said, "go make some friends."

We arrive at the drop-off site for the wheelchairs and start to unload. Now we are in the center of the city and you can feel the pulse and sheer population increase as walkers walk and drivers honk and honk and honk (endlessly). We unload and end up at Camino de Vida's outreach offices and prepare blankets to be handed out to the needy.

Lots of details. Lots of seemingly insignificant things. Little things. But lately, I've been finding God there. I mean of course He's in the huge food distributions, wheelchair campaigns and worship services but if 1 Corinthians 10:31 tells us to glorify God in EVERYTHING we do, there's a reason. How many times did a random act of kindness, gentle word, divinely-timed meeting or simply being in the "right place at the right time" yield amazing results. Little things. Truck loading, snack sharing, blanket cutting...and yet God is in all of it, walking us through the "good works He planned in advance".  As we return, we won't be in a huge mission everyday. We won't be standing on the platform of declaration every moment, but there's always little things to be done. There's always another piece to place into the mosaic of God's sovereign plan for us...and the world. So look around this week- maybe you're going to hit a huge milestone in ministry or a breakthrough in prayer or a glimpse of light in Scripture. But maybe you're going to help someone through a door or grab someone's grocery cart from them as they finish loading their car or share a cup of coffee with someone. Either way, "walk worthy of the calling you received."