it's Nita.

significance – the quality of being worthy of attention; importance.

Does what I do matter? This question arises in me fairly regularly these days. Achieving as measured by ribbons, medals, accolades or pats on the back used to be my sure sign off “Yes, you’re doing the right thing”, but as I have matured and grown in Christ these outside indicators are no longer sufficient. I feel this is not because they don’t matter all together but because I believe God has been retraining me to understand what success means in his kingdom.

“There are no minor roles.” This was the truth God whispered to me as I wondered if anything I am doing really has a major impact. After all, I am not an influencer with millions of followers, I am not a philanthropist with millions of dollars to give away… but God has granted me gifts and talents to be used to minister to others. That’s a truth I have learned to hold on to. I am learning to steer away from the world’s measures.

These are 5 Biblical examples that came to mind as I was writing this post.

1. God uses the foolish things to confound the wise. He has chosen the weak things of the world to confound those that are mighty (1 Corinthians 1:27). In other words, who knows what God can do with what seems ridiculous to the world.

2. Little is much when God is in it. How would the 5,000 be fed if the 5 loaves and 2 fish were hidden and never given to the disciples? God worked a miracle that blessed thousands because someone was willing to say yes and give away their lunch.

3. Who knows if you were placed here for such a time as this. These were the words of Mordecai to Esther at the time when the Jews were set to be destroyed at the hand of Haman (Esther 3 and 4). But let’s consider the other people in this story. Esther’s attendants (most of them nameless) acted as messengers between Esther and Mordecai. One named Hathak was a key person in this effort. How might your willingness to carry a message serve the greater good?

4. Jesus made a point to honor the widow that gave sacrificially her two coins which was a significantly smaller amount than others were able to give (Mark 12:41-44). We shouldn’t be embarrassed or ashamed even in our lack.

5. We are one Body and many members. None of use are dispensable. Read this longer passage in 1 Corinthians 12:12-23.

12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor.

You see, you matter immeasurably more than you know. Whether you know exactly who you are and what you are purposed to do in life or you are still trying to figure that out, you still matter. There are no minor roles.

Therefore do not be discouraged! You may be called to change one life, hundreds, thousands, millions or billions. This is not for me to determine as I know not the fullness of God’s plans for your life. However, one thing is for certain. God honors those who faithfully use what he has given them.

Thrive in the area of your calling. Be obedient even if it seems like you aren’t making a big impact. If God called you to do something, say something or give something, it is no small matter. ❤️

Love always,

it’s Nita.