He was a policeman who was fearless when it came to the bad guys, but he was afraid to mow a spot in his back yard because he once saw a snake there. It’s the little things that sometimes create the most anxiety and problems.

A man once stood up in a church that had plenty of conflict and prayed, “Lord, deliver us from the gnats; we can take care of the elephants ourselves.” It seemed that they could manage the bigger things that came along but were suffering from little irritations.

Little temptations have destroyed great lives! Small but wrong words have set a forest of lives on fire! If we do not learn to be a Christian with little things; how will we face the greater task that God has given us. If we struggle with faith when life is mostly pleasant; how will we do when trials come. Remember that it was in the most perfect Garden of Eden that one sin spoiled the world and required the Savior’s blood.

In the evil prison barracks that held Corrie Ten Boon and others, they learned to thank God for fleas. It was the fleas that kept the guards from coming inside to disrupt their prayers.

I was with a very kind man who was holding a bee in his hand. It was so wet that it could not fly. He gently stroked it like one would pet a puppy. “Aren’t you afraid it will sting you?” “No,” he said, “This little bee can sting or give you honey; I’ll take the honey.”

What will we do with today’s little things?